Topic · on the record
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The speedy resolution of America's chronic and worsening traffic jams is far too urgent a matter to be stalled any longer by legislative or bureaucratic logjams, and I will continue my own determined efforts to keep it moving ahead.
I must comment briefly on one provision in the bill which I am advised by the Attorney General is an unconstitutional 'coming into agreement' clause, infringing on the fundamental principle of the separation of legislative and executive…
IT IS with special pleasure that I am today signing into law the National Sickle Cell Anemia Control Act.
The National Sickle Cell Anemia Control Act, which I am today signing, follows the course that we have charted.
I am confident that the House will pass General Revenue Sharing by a large majority, and it is essential that this be done quickly.
If we are to meet the pressing needs of our nation, I urge you and other members of the House leadership to call the Committee's bill to the Floor this month.
I have signed into law a new national nutrition program for older people.
I am most hopeful that your Committee and the Subcommittee on Small Business will schedule the MESBIC legislation for hearings in early May.
It is of great importance that the MESBIC legislation be given early attention by Congress.
In signing this act, however, I would emphasize that I endorse it only as a temporary expedient and not as the best or soundest method of helping the unemployed nor as a precedent for future legislation.
Yes. As a matter of fact, I thought of that, particularly after signing the cancer bill yesterday.
You will have, of course, the total commitment of government, and that is what the signing of this bill now does.
It provides authority for continuing these efforts through April 30, 1973.
That is why this legislation is so important.
In a number of ways, the Congress has gone beyond my recommendations and included provisions in this legislation which could complicate its operations in the future.
I believe that S. 1116, which I am approving today, prepares us to take just such measures.
The enactment of this legislation marks another important step in our efforts to provide a better life for those who have given so much to preserve and protect our Nation.