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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 27, 1966

To meet this need I am transmitting, for the consideration of the Congress, the attached bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a National Visitor Center in the District of Columbia.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Feb 27, 1966

I hope that the Congress will give early and favorable consideration to this legislation.

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

The last 20 years have demonstrated that the Employment Act was neither dangerous nor visionary.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Sep 1, 1965

The 89th Congress has responded more to this challenge than any Congress in our history.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Aug 20, 1965

In our history, the Congress has occasionally passed bills which have required, in various circumstances, that executive action must be deferred until the proposed action has been reported to specified Congressional committees, and the Congress has provided a waiting period during which the Congress may, if it sees fit, enact appropriate legislation.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Aug 12, 1965

I sent a special message concerning these problems to the Congress on March 8, 1965, and have recommended the enactment of certain new legislation designed to combat those problems.

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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· May 17, 1965

President Johnson specifically stated that it is the intention of the United States Government, subject to applicable legislation, appropriations, and aid policies, to help Korean efforts to achieve stable economic growth.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 22, 1964

Congress must, of course, be consulted, and must approve the concept of the plan.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 12, 1964

The authority vested in the President by Section 57 of the Alaska Omnibus Act (added by the 1964 Amendments to the Alaska Omnibus Act, P.L. 88-451, 78 Stat. 507), (1) to make the grants to the State of Alaska provided for in that section, (2) to approve a plan submitted by the State of Alaska for the implementation of the purpose of that section, (3) to specify reports to be made by the agency designated by the State of Alaska in accordance with that section and to prescribe the form of, and information to be contained in, such reports, and (4) to demand access to the records upon which such reports are based.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 11, 1964

We passed the biggest tax cut, a $12 billion tax cut, in the history of the Nation.

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Eddie Johnson
@eddiejohnson· Democratic · TX· Oct 11, 1964

We passed the wilderness bill to help preserve nature's wealth in Wyoming and the West.

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