Jimmy Carter

Human freedom is the root of our strength.

It’s important to realize that we are changing very rapidly.

A free and competitive economic structure is also an integral part of our society.

This is an unacceptable and unwise intrusion upon their rights under the first amendment.

I urge Congress to act with dispatch so that the first amendment rights of Federal employees are not unduly jeopardized.

I have directed the Secretary of Commerce to review and revise our policy with respect to the export of high technology and other strategic items to the Soviet Union.

This measure significantly improves the Federal Election Campaign Act by eliminating burdensome regulation of candidates and political committees and by increasing the opportunity for grassroots political participation.

I talked to the President of Pakistan immediately after this Afghanistan invasion.

We will not permit the Soviets to fish in American waters within 200 miles of our land area.

I direct that you, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and other appropriate officials, review and revise our policy with respect to the export of high technology and other strategic items to the Soviet Union.

These consultations should make clear that the basis for review and revision is the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan which has changed the nature of the potential danger to our common military security.

Our first commitment has been to protect the interests of our Nation, the long-run, long-range interests.

This review is to reassess what exports will make a significant contribution to the military potential of the Soviet Union and therefore prove detrimental to the security of the United States in light of the Soviet intervention in…

I am confident that Federal, State and local governments working together within this framework can ensure the wise use and management of the Nation's floodplains.

Even more disturbing is the severe infringement of Federal employees' first amendment rights that is caused by section 201 (a) (4) of H.R. 5010.

No validated export licenses for shipment of goods or technical data to the Soviet Union are to be approved.

We're still exploring every possible avenue for that release.

I support the approach set out in the conceptual framework and the recommended Federal and State actions.

I have already directed the agencies of the Executive Branch to take action to implement the Federal role in a unified program for floodplain management.

The only nations voting against these two propositions were East Germany—and the Soviets themselves.

The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan is the greatest threat to peace since the Second World War.

We will not send high technology equipment to the Soviet Union or any equipment that might have a security benefit to the Soviet Union.

This is a protected freedom that all citizens enjoy, and it is of vital importance.

I have today signed H.R. 5010, the Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1979.

This legislation is in the best interest of our country.