Jimmy Carter

We are setting aside for conservation an area of land larger than the State of California.

I have to admit that the applause sounds better now than it did a year ago.

This is indeed a proud day for me and for the Congress and for all of you who've worked so hard to help create and enact this legislation.

We cannot let our eagerness for progress in energy and in technology outstrip our care for our land, for our water and for air.

We must not forfeit these in the pursuit of progress.

May the year ahead be better for them and for their families and loved ones.

Mr. President, the issue is freedom.

This act of Congress reaffirms our commitment to the environment.

I'm proud, too, of our commitment to Israel.

Let us also offer our prayers for those who live where there is strife, hunger, persecution, or injustice.

We were determined to preserve portions of Alaska.

The bill before me now, the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, without a doubt is one of the most important pieces of conservation legislation ever passed in this Nation.

I fully encourage congressional initiative to provide up to $50 million for Italian earthquake relief and to support reconstruction.

HENRY REITER WEBB, JR., of Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as United States Negotiator on Textile Matters.

FERNANDO E. RONDON, of Virginia, a Foreign Service officer of Class two, now Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Democratic Republic of Madagascar, to serve concurrently and without…

The Director of Central Intelligence shall maintain the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System in accordance with the following:

The Protocol modernizes and adds flexibility to the subsistence taking provisions of the Canada convention.

I was saddened to learn of the devastation wrought by the recent earthquake which struck southern Italy.

The hearts of the American people go out to your countrymen at this tragic time.

I transmit herewith, for Senate advice and consent to ratification, the Protocol Amending the Convention of August 16, 1916 for the Protection of Migratory Birds in Canada and the United States of America.

Our Embassy in Rome is prepared to help in every possible way.

We share in your profound grief and we stand ready to be of assistance.

We look forward to many fruitful years of close cooperation with you and your Government.

I will be the President in the fullest sense of the word until Inauguration Day.

It’s good at a time like this to reemphasize the common basis on which we deal with international problems.