This budget fits within the second year of the bipartisan budget agreement that we reached last November.

We cannot permit this to happen, and we will not.

I ask the Congress to do the same.

The prime interest rate was 21.5 percent just before I came into office; it is now 8.5 percent.

The absence of these powers under the Articles of the Confederation had led to trade wars among the States, local rebellions, international humiliation, the exhaustion of the Government's finances, and the ruin of the economy.

This budget shows that a gradual elimination of the deficit is possible without abandoning tax reform.

I've had the honor of nominating Judge Kennedy to be an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

I will not accept the excuse that the Federal Government has grown . . . beyond the control of any President, Administration or Congress.

Genuine reform will require continuing dedication and a devotion to stated management goals that endures long after my time in office has expired.

I call upon the people of the United States to observe this week with appropriate ceremonies and activities in support of America's visiting nurses and their reverence and respect for the worth and the dignity of the patients for whom they…

Our peoples will live better lives for what we've done together.

this is the year we have to show results.