Ronald Reagan

I am pleased to approve S. 209, which authorizes the Attorney General to contract with private counsel in pilot program districts to collect debts owed the United States.

It will be possible to know who these government securities brokers and dealers are and to assure that they are persons of integrity and appropriate financial standing.

No responsible President should rely solely on a piece of paper for his country's safety.

I am also not approving H.R. 4175 because it would continue to authorize appropriations for financial assistance to State maritime schools.

Some of the proudest moments that I have had since becoming President have been when I've met with America's veterans.

If we must ever ask them to put their lives on the line for the United States of America, then they deserve to have the finest weapons and equipment that money can buy.

We can either bet on American technology to keep us safe or on Soviet promises.

The truth is, the best man for the job is already on the job.

This program is one of several Federal credit programs that I proposed to reduce or phase out in order to limit the government's intervention in the Nation's lending market.

I have signed H.R. 2032, the Government Securities Act of 1986.

I know I speak for all the Nation when I say thank you, and God bless you.

I want you to know that during these past 6 years as President I've relied again and again upon the support of Democrats like you who are here today, and I thank you.

The Government Securities Act, for the first time, establishes requirements for registration, financial responsibility, customer protection, record-keeping, and audit of brokers and dealers...

I had to remind him that SDI is America's insurance policy to protect us from accidents or some madman who might come along.

America has a sacred duty to care for those who have borne the battle, for their wives and for their children.

The maritime industry must be encouraged to rely on the private credit market, without Federal intervention, as its source of capital if we are to continue our progress toward restoring that industry to full health.

By limiting the areas of regulation to those that will have the greatest positive impact, the act will enhance the market's integrity without impairing its essential efficiency.

Exercise your sacred right as an American, participate in shaping history itself by going to the polls and casting your vote.

The American people know the truth: We don't have a deficit because we're taxed too little; we have a deficit because Congress spends too much.

My friends, in casting your vote for Mack Mattingly, you'll be winning one for yourselves, for Georgia, and for America.

I am withholding my approval of H.R. 4175, a bill 'To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1987 for certain maritime programs of the Department of Transportation and the Federal Maritime Commission.'

It's great to get out of Washington and get back to where the real people are.

We don't have a deficit because we're taxed too little.

When it comes to drugs, please—for yourselves, for your families, for your future and your country—just say no.

The very premise of America is equal opportunity without regard to irrelevant characteristics such as race.