How happy our Founding Fathers would be at these achievements.

The fact that only $44,000 has been written off over these four decades is indicative of the conscientious effort not only to administer the program soundly but to assure that the taxpayer's money is secure.

We hope you have many more opportunities and occasions to join us here at the White House.

These amendments to the REA legislation will help make a good program even more effective.

I do have a short statement that I would like to read.

As we head into the final days of this great campaign, the things that unite us as Americans are far more enduring than the things that divide us.

We will be able to quiet our Nation's skies.

We have been pursuing a massive program to clean up the Nation's waterways, and progress has been heartening.

I would not tolerate an Arab oil embargo.

The state of the art study and development of the long-range plan will be very helpful to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

The loan guarantees authorized by this bill will be available to communities only when they are unable to obtain sufficient credit on reasonable terms without a guarantee.

The Ford administration, with general revenue sharing...has given more money to major metropolitan cities than any previous administration.

I HAVE signed S. 3894, a bill to provide loan guarantees for construction of municipal waste water treatment plants.

Arthritis, diabetes, and diseases of the digestive tract affect millions of Americans.

S. 2910 will clearly provide appropriate support of our efforts to solve the problems associated with these diseases.

I'm against that Arab boycott.

I AM withholding my approval from S. 2081, the 'Agricultural Resources Conservation Act of 1976.'

I HAVE signed S. 2910, the Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive Disease Amendments of 1976.

My 1977 budget proposal called for outlays in excess of $11 billion for these programs.

I am happy to approve it.

A major purpose of S. 2910 is the establishment of national advisory boards for diabetes and arthritis, and a National Commission on Digestive Diseases.

I resent the inference of that.

This legislation will assure that no community is prevented from participating in the municipal clean water campaign solely because of short-term inability to obtain financing.

S. 2081 would violate the principles of fiscal responsibility, minimum Federal regulation, separation of powers, and constitutional government, and accordingly, I withhold my approval.

Too often Federal 'cooperation'... becomes Federal 'direction.'