 She says you just want to hug her and bring her home. It was a great, great occasion. I didn't start at 130. No, neither did I. Can I take a minute or two? Yes, sure. I don't want to screw up your schedule. No, we're fine. Mike? Alright. How are you? Good to see you, Mike. Nice to see you. Jim? I'm great. I think we were in Sydney. You know Joe. Oh, sure. Boy, this is hot. I left Vale this morning and it was 55. Tomorrow we're over for the ranch. I am delighted at that. Is it the stay fairly moderate there in the summer? Pretty good. You know California. We're at 2,400 feet of the ranch there. So it's a dry heat. You don't have this humidity. We're going Saturday back to Palm Springs. It's going to be hot there. Czechoslovakia this year cut his tax from 90 to 20 percent. He's now in the 20 percent marginal tax bracket, and he keeps 80 cents of every dollar he makes on the tour. And that's the only reason he didn't defect. We can make that. That's the next Reagan tax game. I mean, we've got to create a new special category for tennis players. For competitive reasons. Don't let Ross do that. Everybody in here because in the... I've got a cap left on here. We'll see how many check it. In the past several days, the Congress has acted with great wisdom and foresight in passing two bills that will help put us on the road to economic recovery. These bills, the reconciliation bill and the tax bill are not yet here for signing, so we'll save that occasion for later. But before many of us leave Washington, I just wanted to ask all of these gentlemen down here for a brief, few brief moments together. In my view, the passage of this legislation marks the single most important achievement of the past 200 days. It represents the first serious step taken in decades to stop the growth of government, to end government's unwarranted intrusion into our lives, and to rebuild the foundations of our economy. Now, those of you who are here now are among the chief architects and the builders of these bills. Your political skills, your legislative talents, your insights, your hard work are responsible for their success. And I don't think I have to elaborate on the remarkable role that each one of you has played in this. This can be safely left to history. But I would be remiss if I didn't say a few very simple or totally inadequate but heartfelt words to each of you, and the words are, Thank you. Thank you all. And they came not just from me, but from the American people. During the last 200 days, you've provided your countrymen with an example of representative democracy at its best. Those of you in the Republican leadership and the face of extraordinary pressures have forged a political unity that has rarely been equalled in Washington. And you did it first and foremost because you believed you were acting in the best interests of the country. And those of you here today who are members of the Democratic Party had the personal strength to put principle above partisan or special interests, and yours has been a special courage. I think we can all agree that today, our bipartisan coalition is becoming a strong and vibrant one. But I think we can also agree that we have a lot of strength and vibrancy because the challenges we must face together are by no means over. The struggle against government's irresistible urge to grow and grow is a continuing one. The fight to control the federal budget is just beginning. But on this front, I think we can be very clear there will be no falling back, no call for retreat. We've stood together. We fought together for what we believe was right. I know that we'll do so again. But today, I wanted you to know how grateful I am to you and how grateful the American people are for your selflessness and your statesmanship. Thank you very much. Oh, we got a lot of goodies. Sir, the controllers are staying out and they're being fired. What's next there? Well, we're up to about 75% of normal air traffic. And there are still room for more to come back because the 24, the 48 hours included until their shift. So there is an afternoon shift to when there is a night shift and so forth. And we'll see what the total is in as I understand it's up to about 38% now are back in. Well, I was sorry and sorry for them. I think that there are fine people out there who've been misled and who don't quite understand that our position has to be irreversible. There is a law and an oath that they signed and I don't think any of them would hold still if any of us here who took an oath decided that we didn't mean to keep that oath. As a former union president, do you feel any pangs about firing people who strike the higher wages? Well, you bet. Anyone who went through the Great Depression thinks that's the worst thing in the world that can happen to anyone. I do feel badly. I certainly take no joy out of this. And I was hoping that more of them would recognize the obligation they have, but there is there just is no other choice. Sir, when are we going to stop doing the effect of recovery? Well, you got to wait until October first before the tax begins, cut begins. And so we have to wait until that money begins showing up in the private sector and being returned to investment and you have to wait until the end of the next fiscal year or during the fiscal year for the effect of the lower government spending. But I think that those things together there's no one promised this as instant. I think that we're going to have to wait until we actually feel the effect of those things that have been adopted going into action. On the other hand, I do think that there is an immediate kind of psychological thing that is happening among the people that will have some effect. Sir, do you think that recovery will be seriously harmed by this walkout in terms of so few really experienced air controllers on the job now? Well, as I say, if we're up already to 75% of normal air traffic on one of the present situation, I think this is an indication that we're not faced with disaster but I still think that if those people would recognize that their responsibility not only in their personal oath but in obeying the law there's still some time today for more of them to come back to work. Thank you. You're not worried about flying tomorrow. What? You're not worried about flying tomorrow. For an old ex-horse cavalryman I'm always worried about flying. Thank you. Thank you.