Ronald Reagan

Today I announce my intention to nominate Jeffrey S. Bragg to be Federal Insurance Administrator.

I am proud to announce my intention to nominate Susan Meredith Phillips.

I urge American workers to save and invest, because I believe that when our economic program takes full effect, Americans again will be rewarded for working extra hours or assuming more responsibility.

I would match the American worker against any in the world.

Our policy has been and will continue to be: What is good for the American worker is good for America.

Our destiny is not our fate; it is our choice.

The Hispanic peoples, their traditions, language and culture are a vital part of the American heritage.

Let me make our goal in this program very clear: jobs, jobs, jobs, and more jobs.

It is, therefore, fitting that we set aside this week to honor the Hispanic peoples that are among us as a nation of Americans.

We are not retreating from our program of building up our defenses.

Upon proper applications from the heads of affected agencies and upon the recommendation of the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, I have, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. §5401(b)(2)(B), excluded 44 agencies and units of agencies from…

Supervisors and management officials in GS-13, 14, and 15 positions throughout the Federal Government will be converted to merit pay this October as required by Chapter 54, Title 5, U.S. Code, unless otherwise excluded by law.

The overall percentage of the adjustment in the rates of pay under the General Schedule will be a 4.8 percent increase.

Special Federal assistance should only be warranted in highly unusual circumstances.

I will look to the Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with affected States and communities, to advise me in this regard.

The report examines various organizational and budgeting mechanisms for providing assistance to communities impacted by the nearby construction of major, new military bases.

I'm kind of enjoying myself.

We want to return authority and autonomy that has been seized by the Federal Government to the levels of government closer to the people.

We may not be the biggest navy in the world; we're the best.

M. Virginia Schafer is an outstanding choice for this important position.

Today I am announcing my intention to nominate John S. Herrington to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy.

Forwarded herewith is the sixth annual report on the implementation of the Privacy Act of 1974.

I am pleased to transmit for review: 1. an Executive Summary of the transaction; 2. a Major Terms and Condition sheet; 3. the loan guarantee transaction documents; and 4. the Operating Agreement between The Oil Shale Corporation and Exxon…

it isn't a step backward at all. It's a step forward toward ending this round that we've had of the excessive interest, of the excessive inflation.

This ship represents a powerful force in an uncertain world.