I am pleased that the Congress has eliminated the most serious problems identified in my Memorandum of Disapproval of November 30, 1990, regarding its predecessor, S.2834 (101st Congress).

I remain concerned about legislatively directed policy determinations in the Act and provisions that are without effect because they are unconstitutional under the Supreme Court decision in INS v. Chadha, 462 U.S. 919 (1983).

Today I have signed H.R. 1455, the 'Intelligence Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1991.'

I am confident that this Act will lay to rest disputes that in the past have arisen between some Members of Congress and the executive branch.

I hereby transmit the annual report on the National Security Strategy of the United States, 1991.

Let's hope that all of this comes together and our citizens will be released and the others as well.

Putting innocents at risk is not the way one makes a political statement.

I do think that there's an overall climate internationally now that permits... that would encourage hostage holders to set aside some of their alleged reasons for holding people or their grievances in order to permit them to release them.

I just hope that we soon wake up in this world and recognize that holding hostages is a counterproductive way to make a statement of policy or for any other reason.

Now is the time for all hostages and others held outside of the legal system in the region to be released immediately, unconditionally, and safely for humanitarian reasons.

We remain hopeful that one or more hostages will be released soon.