George H.W. Bush

Nevertheless, the Administration opposes H.R. 429 because it contains numerous objectionable provisions.

The Committee has disregarded the Administration's priorities within the Energy supply, research and development account.

I'm not going to sign a bad bill.

That's something I believe.

Section 506 of the Act provides that none of the funds appropriated may be used to conduct studies concerning 'the possibility of changing from the currently required 'at cost' to a 'market rate' or any other noncost-based method for the…

This amount far exceeds the Federal government's maximum potential legal liability for an alleged breach by the United States of a 1965 water deferral agreement.

There's absolutely no rule here that says that the person giving the speech has to be as smart as the students receiving the scholarships.

Let us not only move mankind into the future, let us better it, ennoble it.

You can't bluff your way through the future.

I think all of us would agree you want to try to avoid it as much as possible.

The increase would continue rural development activities that should be conducted by State or local governments.

Progress is being made toward national reconciliation in Angola.

You ought to be judged by the fact.

Let Brent respond to that. [Laughter] Note: The exchange took place in the morning while the President was en route from Los Angeles, CA, to Grand Junction, CO. The following persons were referred to: President Mikhail Gorbachev of the…

Well, we're going to analyze it carefully. The law, our law, says lift the sanctions when these four out of five conditions are complied with. So, we have to----

No. We crossed every ``t'' and signed a treaty. Then we had a little problem on interpretation. That's very different. What I'm saying is we've got to narrow down these major issues to get them to agreement. But there's a step then between…

Well, we're going to wait and see when we get the analysis, but I'm afraid we haven't solved it all, let me just put it that way.

Well no, we'll have a meeting without having every ``t'' crossed and every ``i'' dotted on a treaty. But on a question of this importance that you mentioned, encryption of data, we've got to make progress. I mean, that's one of the…

Well, I'm talking that way, and I think President Gorbachev would like that. I think it's in our interest. We've got lots of subjects to talk about in addition to this. But this one, obviously, is kind of a sine qua non. We can't go…

Well, I can't say. As I said, Moiseyev said, ``this far.'' Now we'll move it down to ``that far.'' I think people agree on that. I don't think that they think there's a wide difference. What I do think is that some of the differences that…

We keep going in increments. We're going to try. They're going to be in touch now. I think our U.S. policy--we've got to hammer out maybe a detail or two in light of this letter. But yes, that's exactly what we want to do, is to get it…

I don't think so. It didn't discuss--you mean on dates? No. But what it did is to respond to some of our suggestions on START and to build on some suggestions that they had previously made. But I'd say it's a narrowing of differences, and…

This designation shall not affect in any way the applicability of Chapter VIII of the Agreement.

I hoped that I might have had a chance to see all of you, knowing of your commitment, a little sooner than now.

It's a distinct privilege for Barbara and me to salute this extraordinary President, Fernando Collor de Mello.