 I said if you get that every day you'll never know. That's the carrot scent. It's the oldest bowl in what we eat. There we go. Second to big one. In too long. Since we were all together. Well, you didn't do it. I think maybe we ought to recognize there are some new faces here. Table. Grads to welcome. Bill's ready. I like carrots. Okay. Here it is. A long way. And Burnley. Alright, so. And Dennis Whitfield. There he is. Yes. And, well, we've got to get down to business. And we're already late for the behind time. There'll be one in there, some of us. And first, I'd like to just tell you about Judge Ginsburg and what I've been doing. Judge Ginsburg and what I need from all of you last year at the judge's confirmation hearing to sit on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, one Senator paid tribute not only to his insightful mind but to a sense of compassion and understanding of the law. He went on to say, I have found him and I know that other members of the Judiciary Committee and the Congress have found him to be open-minded, to be willing to listen, to be willing to consider views which he has not himself held. I think we're fortunate to have this nominee for this extremely important position. Those words are virtually spoken by Senator Ted Kennedy. Last week after I announced my intention to nominate Judge Ginsburg, that same Senator Kennedy said, what is most ominous about the nomination at this stage is the suggestion that Ed Meese prevailed upon the President to name an ideological clone to Judge Bort. A Judge Bort without a paper trail instead of a real conservative who would have broad support in the Senate. This troubling implication is supported with the fact that Judge Ginsburg is one of the least experienced nominees ever submitted by any President of the Supreme Court. With Judge Ginsburg's philosophy about the constitutional rights of American people, is an extremist Judge Bort. I do all I can to see that this nomination is not confirmed. Consistently of the hot goblet of little minds. I don't think the Senator knows that there have been several appointments to the Supreme Court who never served a day as a judge until they sat on that court. Well, I don't have to tell you any more. Several have been quite a few. I thought that Ginsburg was my choice. Howard and Ed and I were agreement on this. We need each and every one of you in every possible form to find opportunities to counter the partisan political obstacles the Democrats will throw at us. You will be given materials to add to your speeches. And you will be asked to do op-ed pieces and the looks of television and radio opportunities. You know, the middle repetition of the campaigning of pressure politics that recently chilled the judicial selection process. But the print news doesn't carry our side of the story. The managers of the congressional clock clock put our witnesses on at the end of the day one way to beat them is to take every opportunity available for us to speak personally to the people here and around the country. Howard and Ken Nancy and A.B. and others will work closely with you on all of this. So Howard, why don't you, while you're eating you can talk with your mouth full. Why don't you tell us about how the calls are going on there? That's nice. Tell me you got your, you're cleared out of your other, you got what set up David Frost. Oh, that's the Frost thing. How do you do that? You look wonderful. How's Nancy? Just honest. The health thing, good to know her, from the day after the operation she, the doctor said was recovering ahead of schedule. Walked her up and down the corridors on the very day, but this last was her relationship with her mother with Rene. She just worshiped her. Even though, you know, recently your mother had it still. She just quietly went to sleep. That was it. There's no easy way. But she didn't suffer any pain. I mean, she just went around. Matter of fact, an old friend shown she was there and taken her hand and she was, she went on for a lot of sleep. She just opened her eyes once and she said, just close your eyes and I think that's not great. We were worried about your trip. Your Mrs. Reagan. We were worried about her having to make that trip so soon afterwards. But, you took it. Well, thank you. Bill, when I took office in January 1981 things were not going to well and I had a long list of changes that I wanted. I knew that to get these changes I'd have to have a strong team around me, particularly a strong captain that I could rely on. That's why I asked you to serve. First is the United States trade representative and then is the secretary of labor. You're one of the wisest choices I made. Looking back, you've carried the ball on some very important initiatives and the nice thing about it is that you accomplished them in such a quiet way that it left the opponents of progress muttering to themselves. You helped steer the Caribbean Basin Initiative in the trade act of 1984 through the Congress. You took the lead on critical trade negotiations such as the U.S.-Israeli free trade agreement and contentious trade issues such as steel. And you've started as well down the road toward more pension security for the American worker that better trained, more adaptable American workforce. All of these are important accomplishments that will touch the lives of each of our fellow citizens. I don't think there can be a finer tribute to a public servant than that. Bill, you've helped change the debate from one of looking backward, arguing about 1930s dogman to one of looking forward. It's a wonderful contribution, a message of hope and opportunity that you've carried through our administration and our party you're all about. Finally, Bill, let me say something as the manager of a rather large bureaucracy myself. One thing to identify the problem and bring it to everyone's attention, but it's only a different animal to bring solutions to the table. That's what you've done so many times for our country, for our administration and for our party. That's a talent we value. Insight and wisdom. So, good luck in your new challenge. God bless you. This guy's made a glass. More fun in my life. I've never had a greater sense of accomplishment. I'm not sure that's quite true to say I've never had more fun. I had more fun as chairman of the party when we got you elected. But it is a joy to be associated with you, which you love and respect. I have served under this president for seven years almost. And I have watched this country change in a fashion that it rarely does in such a short period of time. Emotionally, economically, morally, ethically, substantively, and the things that count. And the thought that all of us, most of us in this room, have had any part of that as a source of enormous pride. We appreciate that. I certainly do. And I guess, Mr. President, that the ultimate pride comes and the association you have with people that give so much. The people in this room, the family, both of our families, my children, the political children here. My friends, we have all labored in the vineyard in our several ways. And I think we take a great sense of pride in having been a team that was a part of your team. And I thank you more than I can possibly say for that opportunity. And I thank those here for giving me the chance to work with all of you. God bless. Thank you very much. You see why we got such a deficit. I can't miss it. The opportunity was always such a wonderful group as this in the room. I can't help but point out that on the on the mantle there is Teddy Roosevelt's Nobel Peace Prize which he won for ending the Russo-Japanese war. And I like to point out he did it in true Republican style. He was on a yacht.