Ronald Reagan

We have continued to protect them from inflation while saving the taxpayer some 2 1/2 billion by 1985.

I'm happy to say a number of banks throughout the country followed suit.

The Federal Government should perform those functions in an efficient, economical manner.

We're still providing the needed services, and we're doing it with fewer people.

The appointment will be effective September 12, 1983.

I am pleased to appoint Harrison H. Schmitt.

Today I announce my intention to appoint Albert D. Wheelon.

Our position continues to be one of full support for the Secretary General and his Special Representative.

I herewith report a new deferral of budget authority for the Railroad Retirement Board, totaling $165,000.

I am pleased to nominate John C. McGraw.

The cost of education is primarily the responsibility of the family.

Our Federal student assistance dollars are not unlimited, and we will continue to seek legislative and regulatory changes aimed at ensuring that they are spent where they are most needed.

I find certain other provisions of this bill troublesome.

This authority has been used in the past year on an experimental basis to see how it could address concerns about student debt burden and capability to repay loans.

I have signed H.R. 3394, a bill entitled the Student Loan Consolidation and Technical Amendments Act of 1983.

This nation cannot simply ignore the suffering of oppressed peoples and remain true to our basic strengths and principles.

This bill which I am about to sign, the Emergency Veterans' Job Training Act of 1983, will provide targeted job training for unemployed veterans of the Korean and Vietnam conflicts.

Our policy in Central America is like a neighborhood watch.

I would fly halfway around the world for the honor of meeting with the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

We have an obligation to give that democracy a voice, even an occasional roar.

You can't protect America and her people with drawing boards.

Peace—a peace in which freedom could flourish and justice could prevail—would be our highest priority.

We're we're the ones who formed a special unit to prosecute Department of Defense fraud cases.

My fellow citizens, my friends, let us always remember when we speak of America's security, we speak of the sacrifice of individuals.

The principle of self-determination is as important to citizens of the United States as anyone.