05/13/1984
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"I do not believe we can justify locking-in public broadcasting funding levels for 1987-1989 that are so obviously excessive."
"While it is the usual practice to transmit to the Congress only signed agreements, it is my intention in this case that this transmittal initiate the period for Congressional review."
"The most important issue—and it's very obvious that it has taken place here—is this drive for excellence."
"That's why it's our policy to benefit all Americans, and to do so not by raising taxes, or multiplying regulations, or fattening the Federal bureaucracy, but by promoting economic growth."