Many compromises had to be made before this bill reached my desk.

You have served the Presidency and our Nation with high dedication and exceptional ability.

I accept your resignation as Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

This legislation will enhance the safety of public drinking water supplies in this country.

I AM pleased to have signed the Safe Drinking Water Act (S. 433).

Let us be encouraged by counting the blessings we have gained from those who have met similar challenges in the past.

I believe we have been able to shape effective, workable Federal budgets.

Let us work together to ensure that the good which we have achieved will be strengthened and preserved for our children and future generations.

The cooperation between France and NATO is a significant factor in the security of Europe.

We reaffirm the continuing support of the United States for efforts to achieve European unity.

We regard it as important that all parties concerned should be better informed of their respective interests and concerns.

The personal contact and discussion in this meeting had demonstrated accord on many questions.

We must adopt consistent economic policies in order to be effective in avoiding unemployment while fighting inflation.

The friendship of our two countries spans the oceans as well as the centuries.

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 century.

We are especially grateful to the leaders of both parties.

I am confident that our nations will reaffirm the tradition of Franco-American cooperation in great endeavors.

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

The Senate has demonstrated a willingness to set aside party differences when the interests of our Nation are at stake.

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

I am more confident than ever that working together we will continue to develop comprehensive programs to meet all our Nation's needs.

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

You will be greatly missed here at the White House, where you have served so admirably for the past six years.

I am especially grateful for your selflessness in temporarily setting aside your plans to return to the private sector.

Your sweep and scope have been across the board.