I have approved H.R. 2342 with the understanding that this section is not intended to affect the Coast Guard's recently announced policy regarding nonemergency assistance.

I am returning without my approval H.R. 1154, the 'Textile Apparel and Footwear Trade Act of 1988,' a bill that would have disastrous effects on the U.S. economy.

This legislation reflects overwhelming support for the elimination of barriers to trade between the United States and Canada.

We recall and revere the achievements of this man and of the Nordic people who have followed him to North America.

This bill is the product of the vision of the American and Canadian people, who are leading the way toward a new era of freedom.

This expenditure, equal to several years of National Park Service land acquisition funding nationwide, would violate the limitations on direct spending contained in the Bipartisan Budget Agreement.

The best way to help displaced workers is to retrain them for new jobs.

We celebrate, too, the friendship between the people of the United States and those of all the Nordic countries.

Federal acquisition of the William Center property would not address the most important long-term issue at the battlefield.

I do hereby proclaim October 9, 1988, as Leif Erikson Day.

This agreement brings down the tariff walls between our two nations and, in so doing, creates the world's largest free-trade area.

This is a moment future historians will cite as a landmark, a turning point in the forward march of trade, commerce, and even civilization itself.