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Thank you, Don, and thank all of you. Thank you so very, very much. Barbara and I are delighted to be here. Thank you. Senator Nickles, thank you for that introduction and the great job that you're doing as head of the Senate Campaign Committee. That is important work, and Don is doing a superb job. Way down there, Marilyn QuayleMarilyn, it's a delight to be with you on this evening. And want to welcome back your husband, Dan, from Central America. And thank you, Mr. Vice President, once again for taking our message of hope and democracy to our important friends and neighbors. Dan Quayle is doing an outstanding job for the United States of America, and I am proud he is at my side in the White House. And the warrior of all times, David Murdock-thank you for your dedication, not just for this evening, but especially for this evening-making this event possible. What a job you've done, and your cochairmen and their cochairmen, and there's never been a political event like this in the history of the country, and I'm grateful to you from the bottom of my heart. Thank you, sir. And as to our able chairman of the House Campaign Committee, Guy Vander Jagt, great to see you, and thank you for your work. I want to thank Mary Hart and Willard Scott. Willard, may your future be free of cumulus clouds. [Laughter] And may I thank the members of my Cabinet. I am so lucky, as President of this country, to have the support of an outstanding Cabinet, men and women of excellence, total dedication to our country. And believe me, count my blessings every day for that. I It was at the last President's dinner that Ronald Reagan, then the 40th President of the United States, stood before us and formally challenged all of us to hold on to the Presidency, no matter how tough the odds. And since then, President Reagan has re turned to his beloved California, and you and I have fought shoulder to shoulder, battling our way to a 40-State win on Election Day. And I'm grateful to every one of you for that support. But none of us here, not one of us, fought the battle we fought-we didn't put ourselves and our families through the turmoil of a campaign simply to win an election. And we fought because we believed in certain ideas and certain ideals. We fought because we believe that together we can build a better America. The American people defined our mission, and in the 5 months since the Inaugural, without fanfare or partisan furor, we have worked together to quietly follow our assigned mission, to achieve what was considered to be outlandishly impossible. The American people want action on the budget deficit, and we reached an agreement with the Congress to reduce the deficit by a whopping $65 billion. And we aim to achieve this without raising the taxes on the working men and women of this cour try. The American people want action on a festering problem: the hemorrhaging of the savings and loan system. And our reform plan will restore stability, eliminate unsafe and extravagant practices, and punish those who abuse the trust of the depositors. The American people will have to pay billions of dollars to clean up this mess. And we must make sure that it never happens again. And the Senate, under the able leadership of Bob Dole and Jake Garn and others, approved our plan 91-8. And now I call on the House of Representatives to follow suit. The American people want action on ethics. And clearly, it is time for an evenhanded ethics approach across all branches of government. This is the goal of our ethics proposal that I sent to the Congress in April. We must all-all-be equal before the law. And as President, I will strive for a constructive working relationship with the new |