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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 11, 1966

Under our old immigration law, even Christopher Columbus would have had a hard time getting into this country.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 22, 1966

Today we have met here in the Cabinet Room to see the President sign into law a new minimum wage.--One dollar and sixty cents an hour.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 14, 1966

I believe the answer to that problem is a simple one and that Congress has given it in the law itself.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Aug 23, 1965

The Government's paramount interest 'is not that it shall win a case, but that justice shall be done.'

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Jun 3, 1965

No act of my entire administration will give me greater satisfaction than the day when my signature makes this bill, too, the law of this land.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 24, 1964

This Nation deserves and must have a capital city which is in the very front rank in respect for law by its citizens, and in safety for its residents and visitors

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 1, 1964

Nothing in this order shall be construed as subjecting any Federal agency, or any function vested by law in, or assigned pursuant to law to, any Federal agency, to the authority of any other Federal agency, or as abrogating or restricting any such function in any manner.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 30, 1964

The demands upon courts of law are many, and they are varied, but the courts that we create in specialized fields as much as other courts must serve the same end, and that is the good of all men.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Jul 2, 1957

I would say this. Naturally, I am not a lawyer and I don't participate in drawing up the exact language of proposals.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Jan 22, 1957

I think everybody that went on this trip became convinced of this: in the long run, no laws are going to solve this problem completely.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Apr 8, 1956

As a result, the record before me is one of unresolved disagreements of fact and law.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Sep 16, 1952

Our present laws on immigration and naturalization are not, in my opinion, good enough.

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