01/01/1980
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"Destruction of the life of an endangered or threatened species should never be undertaken lightly, no matter how insignificant the species may appear today."
"I am confident that the cooperative efforts of the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation, the Congress, the government and people of the District of Columbia, and the American business community..."
"I would have been pleased to sign it, as my advisers make clear repeatedly."
"I am prepared to work with the Congress next year to pass a counter-cyclical meat import bill."