 Well, thank you very much and Nancy and I are both delighted that you're all here We Were kind of happy that we're here. I Know you've been reading a lot about what's going on here in Washington. Some of us true We've been trying to follow the advice of Mark Twain Which was do what's right and you will please some of the people and astound the rest has been some Criticism however that we don't have a definite foreign policy that we haven't been doing enough about that and that's not true at all Just the other day before he left for China Al Hague sent a message to Brezhnev Said roses are red violets are blue stay out of El Salvador and Poland too But you know this has been a great day and this tops it off just fine. This is George Bush's birthday We have a great relationship and George was very tactful. He hasn't told me how young he is But I Thank all of you seriously for the work that you've done not only in the last election but also throughout the Years of even our losing campaigns and we were winning those moral victories But our victory in November was due to the accumulated efforts that you've made And it just took a little while for the message to get through The victory at the polls leaves us with a tremendous responsibility to do the things that we've talked about for so long. I Think I've learned in the last five months how important it is that we as republicans continue to work together as a team To accomplish our objective and thanks to your help in keeping the heat on at the state and local level We've succeeded in getting our budget cuts through Congress I worried for a while when that happened that maybe Dave Stockman was too young. He rushed right out and got a giant piggy bank But I can tell you right now that we're going to get the tax cuts also and I jotted down here in my notes that That that's because the American people are with us And then I just happen to remember that wonderful line that Joe Lewis said once during the war About the Lord and I think maybe we want to reverse that We got him through because we're with the American people I Know you've heard some of the arguments that they're using over on the other side about why we shouldn't do this And you probably run into some of them yourself when they do Just tell them that our true choice is not between tax reduction on the one hand and avoidance of large federal deficits on the other an Economy that's stifled by restrictive taxes tax rates will never produce enough revenue To balance the budget just as it will never produce enough jobs or enough profits And when they try to argue that one with you remind them That's what John F Kennedy said when he passed his two-year 23% tax cut And it wound up with an increase in personal savings an increase in investment an increase in productivity and jobs and Even an increase in the total amount of revenues that the federal government received at the lower rates And that's what we think is going to happen when we get our tax cut across the America is on the edge. I think we're all aware of it of an era of good feelings our budget proposals with the pruning of excessive regulations steady monetary policy Can and will restore vitality to our economy and believe me a better America And the better America is the better it'll be for the Republican Party You know recent accounts have described it sometimes as the Democrats has being in disarray So what else is new? Will Rogers a number of years ago made the point that he said he did not belong to any organized political party He was a Democrat But we We we mustn't be lulled into self-confidence. We've got a great chairman Dick Richards And his primary goal is to build our party into a strong efficient and majority party And I think that can happen in 1982 Some historians are suggesting that the election of 1980 was a turning point a watershed election which Rearranged party loyalties for some time to come and I think that you and I just don't want to embarrass those historians. Let's Make that come true But looking around this room. I see old friends Tommy Thomas right there Saw him last night out. We were out at a thrilling thing that I wish all America could see It's a great ceremony by the Marine Corps and You looked at them and you just couldn't help but want to stand up and salute and Sing the national anthem it was a very wonderful Wonderful ceremony to see I'm not gonna try to go on with anything after that We've been through too much together and I'm anxious to have at least a few minutes here to chat with you Down there on the on the floor and I'm I'll anticipate one question. So I only have to answer it once I feel just great And the matter of fact during the last visit of California over decoration day We did some horseback riding and the other day up at Camp David the Mexican president President Lopez Portillo and I played hooky from the business meeting and went horseback riding again and That fixed things up just fine So now if our finance chairman is within reach someplace I just want to buy a ticket as a sustaining member of the Republican Okay, all right Well, thank you all for being here and as I say we're gonna try and say hello at least to a few of you down here in in the crowd