Gerald Ford actually said...

Thank the United States Senate for approving the foreign trade bill.

This is an opportunity for us to become personally acquainted and to discuss the serious issues which confront our two countries.

We must combine our efforts with those of our friends and our allies if we are to meet the challenges of the last quarter of the 20th centur...

Thanks to their strong, bipartisan efforts we are now in a position to launch a trade program that will strengthen our economy.