This bill will provide an additional $1,350 million, a total of $1.6 billion this winter.

Failure to pass adequate energy legislation to reduce our dependence on foreign oil is a clear and present danger to the security of the United States.

For the first time, five Federal agencies and departments have agreed to fill a specific percentage of the jobs created by their economic development programs with the hardcore unemployed.

This effort is also consistent with the President's goals of targeting Federal resources to those with the greatest need and utilizing existing programs and resources more effectively.

Their efforts to direct a greater number of jobs created by Federal economic development programs to the hardcore unemployed are central to the employment initiatives announced by the White House last April.

I will nominate J. Jackson Walter, of Tallahassee, Fla., to be Director of the Office of Government Ethics.

Submitted November 20, 1979

Marine Corporal Steven J. Crowley's death is a tragic loss and a stark reminder of the dangers the men and women of our Armed Forces face in the service of their Nation.

On behalf of all Americans, I extend my heartfelt sympathy to Steven Crowley's family and to the U.S. Marine Corps.

The Government of Iran would bear full responsibility for any ensuing consequences.

This would be a flagrant violation of international law and basic religious principles.

I will nominate Charles B. Renfrew, of San Francisco, Calif., to be Deputy Attorney General.