No one that I know has been more highly blessed than I have this last 4 years.

You are special to me, in many different ways, and because of that I particularly wanted to have for you tonight a special treat.

I believe that if you can accurately tap the understanding and support and the commitment that the American people share with you and with me, that that progress that we have achieved and of which we are so proud can be preserved and perhaps even enhanced during the next 4 years.

Local, county, and city officials, I think, have a better understanding of what people need and want than anyone I know.

I want to offer deeply felt condolences to the families of those three dedicated and brave men.

They were dedicated to the building of a just and free society in El Salvador.

I want to underscore the sense of loss and outrage we feel for what happened in El Salvador.

I want to emphasize that the language in this bill defining conscientious objection is not to be construed in such a way as to discriminate among religions or to favor religious views over other views that are constitutionally entitled to the same status.

Recess appointment of Walter Meheula to serve as United States District Judge for the District of Hawaii.

I have invited the Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board to consult with the Attorney General on the proper interpretation of this language.

I have signed into law H.R. 4774, a bill amending the National Labor Relations Act to provide, among other things, that employees who have conscientious objections to joining or financially supporting a labor organization shall not be required to do so.