Jimmy Carter

I believe that what we've done in the economic area so far has minimized the damage caused by uncontrollable and unpredictable change in American buying habits.

It is the first appropriations bill to be enacted this year, and the amounts appropriated are very close to those recommended in my 1981 budget.

I have that faith, yes, if you all will help me.

We need to make sure that we protect the Medicare program, also Medicaid.

I propose ways to achieve them in a detailed statement which we are releasing today.

Education is everyone's concern.

I'm determined to carry it out, and I'm also equally determined that it will be successful.

I will nominate Gardner Patterson to be a member of the U.S. International Trade Commission.

Modernization of the American steel industry will call for high levels of investment in new plant and equipment for a number of years.

This bill, which had its origins in the hard work of the President's Commission on Mental Health, is a landmark piece of legislation.

It will also, for the first time, make grants available for the prevention of mental illness and the promotion of mental health.

I have signed H.R. 3292, the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act of 1980.

My steel program will help improve the condition of the steel industry.

Failure to modernize the steel industry would lead to still greater economic and personal distress, with permanent shutdowns of major plants.

The mental health systems act will encourage the provision of services for the chronically mentally ill, severely disturbed children, the elderly, minorities, and other priority population groups.

The comprehensive steel agreement that we've reached is proof that the proper role of government is to be a partner in economic change, not an impediment.

Our future will be determined by how well we pass along our knowledge and our values to our children.

I am delighted that the House of Representatives today joined the Senate in accepting the conference report on the mental health systems act.

A healthy and modern steel industry is vital to our Nation's economy and also to our Nation's security.

We look forward to a final report which will present in an impartial and balanced manner the facts learned by the subcommittee and the conclusions it has reached.

I am firmly committed to the reauthorization of a strong Clean Air Act next year.

The challenge of revitalizing this essential industry must be met primarily by the industry itself.

We must meet foreign competition.

No nation can be a world power, with the ability to defend itself and to deter aggression, no nation can adequately defend itself without a strong industrial base.

Nothing is of greater importance to the future of America than education.