Texas is a vitally important State, and we'll be working with the Texas organization, and we'll have an active campaign there.
We cannot afford further delay.
I look forward to the first one and each of the next three, and the sooner we get started, the better.
I urge the Congress to act quickly in providing this needed authority.
I think the Department of Justice and the Department of HEW have followed the law, and I have faith in the Attorney General and the Secretar...
The American people have a right to know where I stand on the issues and where my opponent stands on the issues.
The debates are designed specifically to give the American people the right to know that I stand here on a particular issue, and Mr. Carter ...
I feel very strongly that the first debate should come a day or two after Labor Day.
I am advising the Congress that failure to take the necessary remedial actions will result in a revised 1977 estimate for National Defense o...
My total fiscal year 1977 Budget request for national defense is $114.9 billion in budget authority.
Congress has not thus far authorized $1.7 billion requested for new ship programs that are needed to strengthen our maritime capabilities.
I am determined that the national security efforts of the United States shall be fully adequate.
We simply cannot sacrifice our national security to provide for unproductive fringe items and unwarranted levels of compensation.
I am deeply concerned by the apparent intent to reject a large portion of these proposed savings.
I must request a supplemental authorization of $759 million for programs which are urgently needed.
I urge the Congress to take the necessary actions I have proposed in order to achieve real economies in the national defense program.
The request is substantial, as it must be to provide what is necessary for our national security.
Provisions such as Section 612 would add arbitrarily and unnecessarily to the tax burden of the American people.
