10/01/1979
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"You have proven that we are sensitive to the demands for world peace and racial justice."
"This inability to pay threatened the existence of programs vital to the United States in such fields as nuclear safeguards, air safety, and international health."
"I am pleased that the U.S. Government can again resume a traditional leadership role in these international institutions."
"I have asked Congress to lift the spending cap for future fiscal years, and to provide the funding that will be needed to avoid cutting benefits in fiscal years 1980 and 1981."