Jimmy Carter

I'm sending Congress a message which expresses my strong concern about the crime and sickness and death caused by the abuse of drugs.

We are establishing a commission made up of government officials from our two countries to coordinate a stepped up effort to deal with the major international trafficking of cocaine and marijuana.

We must set realistic objectives, giving our foremost attention domestically to those drugs that pose the greatest threat to health.

My goals are to discourage all drug abuse in America.

The estimated cost of drug abuse in America exceeds 15 billion dollars each year.

I do not believe that an amendment which would 'plow back' some of the revenues collected under the crude oil equalization tax is necessary or fair.

Deregulation would only increase supplies by about 2 per cent above my program.

I strongly support the Ad Hoc Committee's amendment to strengthen the tax on oil and gas use by large industrial consumers.

The purpose of the extension is to permit the lessees the additional time needed to drill an ultradeep well.

I have signed H.R. 2502, which extends for 4 years, 17 Federal oil and gas leases in Wyoming.

This tax would be earmarked for highway construction and maintenance and for mass transit.

I deeply appreciate the efforts of the House leadership in moving the National Energy Plan forward.

By signing H.R. 2502, I am only accepting Congress judgment that the special circumstances surrounding these leases require a 4-year extension.

Prompt congressional action on the consumer agency legislation will result not only in more efficient conduct of consumer representation functions, but also in a savings to American taxpayers.

I believe that the formula adopted by the Ad Hoc Committee for rebates of the crude oil equalization tax should not be changed.

I would urge the House to retain the natural gas pricing program which I proposed.

I want to make clear that my signing this bill is not part of an overall policy favoring the extension of such leases.

I think it would be a mistake...to condemn Mr. Begin about this action.

I think all those factors tie together.

I think we ought not to give up on our urban cities and our downtown deteriorating neighborhoods.

We have opened up new concepts of actual reductions in atomic weapons for the first time since they've been invented.

I think it's a waste of money.

I've enjoyed the press conferences twice a week.

I think there's a better tone in the country, a little bit more trust in the Government.

I'm determined to have a complete and comprehensive energy package on the books before I go out of office.