Ronald Reagan

Fulfillment of the objectives and commitments in the Memorandum of Understanding is of critical importance.

I am authorizing the Secretary of Commerce to determine when the Government of Canada begins to collect the export charge.

Subpart B of part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States is modified, with respect to products of Canada imported into the United States by adding an additional duty of 15 percent ad valorem to those products listed…

I have decided that expeditious action is required, and to increase temporarily the rates of duty on imports from Canada of the softwood lumber products.

This agreement will enhance the ability of our softwood lumber industry to compete by negating the impact of Canadian provincial practices which the U.S. Department of Commerce preliminarily determined to be subsidies.

The temporary surcharge I have declared is necessary to prevent an increase in exports of certain softwood lumber products from Canada.

I have determined today, pursuant to Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, that the inability of the Government of Canada to collect an export charge on exports of certain softwood lumber products to the United States of America until at…

I have determined that the inability of the Government of Canada to collect an export charge on exports of certain softwood lumber products to the United States of America is necessary to enforce the rights of the United States under a…

I have determined that action is feasible and appropriate to enforce rights of the United States of America.

This agreement with the Government of Canada will enhance the ability of our softwood lumber industry to compete.

Fulfillment of the objectives and commitments in the Understanding is of critical importance.

I also have determined in response to proclaim a temporary increase in the rates of duty on certain softwood lumber products exported from Canada.

This increase shall go into effect on December 31, 1986, and will terminate when the Government of Canada begins to collect the export charge.

I have determined that the inability of the Government of Canada to collect an export charge on exports of certain softwood lumber products to the United States of America until at least January 8, 1987, is necessary to enforce the rights…

A veteran of 325 combat missions during the Vietnam conflict, Dick Rutan had already proven himself a patriot and a hero.

The historic flight of the Voyager demonstrated that he is also a man of vision—and a man with the skill, determination, and just plain courage to make his vision a reality.

We should never forget, and those that guard our freedoms, that we should hang on to them very tenaciously and be very careful about some do-gooder that thinks that our safety is more important than our freedom.

You reminded us all that aviation history is still being written by men and women with the spirit of adventure and derring-do.

It's my honor to present the Presidential Citizens Medal to Richard G. Rutan.

I was kind of thinking it was pretty funny that an ex-officer of horse cavalry was here standing, handing out medals to somebody that had flown around the world on a single tank of gas.

We're turning the corner on the trade deficit problem.

So far this year more than 2 million jobs have been created.

This year, after a dramatic 10-week trial, 8 crime leaders-heads of what's called the commission-were convicted.

I hereby determine that the conditions set forth in that section with respect to provision of assistance to the Nicaraguan Democratic Resistance have been met.

It's estimated that over 600,000 new businesses were incorporated this year, most of them small operations headed by men and women with a dream.