George H.W. Bush

The history of this Department is nothing less than the history of American bravery.

It is an inspiration to be here today among America's finest and to honor a great Department and its great traditions.

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of America, and in order to establish a Commission on Aviation Security and Terrorism, it is hereby ordered as follows:

It is badly needed, and must be enacted without further delay.

I announced my intention to nominate Joan D. Aikens to be a member of the Federal Election Commission.

This legislation has been developed in a bipartisan process.

The Committee's recommendation would severely compromise the Administration's objective of providing adequate defense capabilities within constrained resources.

We are prepared to provide Poland with up to $50 million in food aid in fiscal year 1990.

William P. Albrecht will continue to serve as a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for the term expiring April 13, 1993.

I hereby request the Secretary of State to notify the Government of Indonesia that the date on which works of Indonesian nationals and domiciliaries and works first published in the Republic of Indonesia are entitled to protection under…

To have reform, excellence and achievement must be recognized and rewarded; to have reform, Federal dollars should be targeted to those most in need; to have reform, we need flexibility and choice.

America cannot continue to lead the world if we lag in providing opportunity at home.

Your creative response to our nation's competitive position is more than perceptive; it's forward looking, an attribute to the best kind of leadership.

The American people want clean air, and we can work together to see that they get clean air.

We believe in federalism, and yet we are a people, one nation, indivisible.

We are committed in the administration to strengthening our trade, eliminating that imbalance; and that means, of course, strengthening our own competitiveness.

The potential for consensus is there.

I know I speak for all here when I try to express to the American people the sense of outrage that we all feel about this kind of brutality, this uncalled-for terrorism.

Working together, we can make the next century an American century.

I have committed the powers of my office to lift America, starting in the classrooms and the streets.

I do declare and proclaim that the conditions specified in section 104(b)(5) of title 17 of the United States Code have been satisfied in the Republic of Indonesia with respect to works of which one or more of the authors is, on the date…

In fact, our missions as executives are so similar that many Presidents have called on you for guidance.

I think it is good to have a Chief of Staff who knows how the Governors function and the importance of the Governors in this whole Federalist system.

And if more can be done, then it will be.

I call upon all Americans to recognize that day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.