Ronald Reagan

I want a bill that spends only what we need to spend and no more—not a blank check.

I cannot in conscience sign it.

I do not believe State programs should be subject to Federal control.

The Congress should fulfill its responsibility to the American people and support me on these important fiscal issues.

I must disapprove H.R. 1.

The time has come for us to devise a solution for this problem.

I remember my commitment to them.

We must continue to reduce the Federal budget deficit through spending restraint.

Tax reform enhances incentives to work, save, and invest.

We are continuing our consultations with the Secretary General and with the parties to help them find ways to move forward.

The economic policies of my Administration have created greater economic freedom and opportunity.

We have put in place policies that are in the long-term best interest of the Nation.

The economic expansion is now in its fifth year, and the growth rate of the gross national product, adjusted for inflation, should accelerate to 3.2 percent in 1987.

I believe that these actions are a significant step in defense of traditional humanitarian law.

Protectionism is antigrowth.

The agreement that I am transmitting today is, with certain exceptions, a positive step toward this goal.

These problems are so fundamental in character that they cannot be remedied through reservations.

The Board shall submit its findings and recommendations to the President by February 19, 1987.

To the Congress of the United States: In accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, I herewith report seven revised rescission proposals now totaling $723,461,329, twenty-five new deferrals of budget authority totaling…

I do hereby proclaim the month of February 1987 as American Heart Month.

We owe it to our children and their children and generations beyond.

America will never forget that terrible moment a year ago when our elation turned to horror and then to grief and pain.

Christa McAuliffe and all the magnificent Challenger Seven taught this lesson of courage, spirit, and love to America's children.

We will not sit idly by if our interests or our friends in the Middle East are threatened, nor will we yield to terrorist blackmail.

To assure that every American—no matter what age—learns to speak, read, and write English so as to be able to fully participate in our society.