Ronald Reagan

The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased and not impaired in value.

Most important of all, we have learned that the Federal government has played an important role in protecting and preserving natural resources, but that it has not acted and should not act alone.

Our Nation is justifiably proud of record.

Preservation of our environment is not a partisan challenge; it's common sense.

As Teddy Roosevelt put it, 'Conservation means development as much as it does protection.'

We have shown people everywhere that we have the environmental awareness, the political will, and the technical understanding necessary to resolve the resource use conflicts.

Our Nation has a God-given responsibility to preserve and protect our natural resource heritage.

1984 as the Year of the St. Lawrence Seaway and June 27, 1984, as St. Lawrence Seaway Day.

Food for Peace has delivered 27,000 tons of food a day to recipient countries for three decades now.

In my view, an unfettered collective bargaining system is essential to cooperative and effective relations between labor and management.

Food for Peace has come to embody the spirit of American voluntarism.

I am pleased to sign today H.R. 5174, the Bankruptcy Amendments and Federal Judgeship Act of 1984.

I do hereby proclaim July 10, 1984, as Food for Peace Day.

We mean to do just that.

I note with special pleasure a provision of H.R. 5174 that would prohibit a debt incurred as a result of drunk driving from being discharged in bankruptcy.

Saving the bay has united a coalition of diverse interests and activated a broad range of individuals.

The businesslike approach is one of the strengths of this program.

I strongly object to attempts of this nature to confer private relief on a few to the direct detriment of others who are similarly situated.

Food for Peace has been very important in spreading good will and generosity throughout the world.

By getting involved and working together, we Americans have always been confident that we can do whatever has to be done.

Conservation like this is not partisan politics; it's common sense.

May Food for Peace continue its great work; may it continue to be administered wisely; and may we continue to combat hunger and malnutrition throughout the world.

We can and will preserve the bay without hurting the economy or stopping growth.

We recognized 30 years ago that people who are hungry are weak allies for freedom.

I believe that these provisions clearly violate my constitutional authority under the appointments clause of the Constitution.