Richard Nixon: “I ask you to join in making it America's goal.”

I have done my very best in all the days since to be true to that pledge.

This house has a great heart, and that heart comes from those who serve.

I firmly believe that our current fiscal situation demands national unanimity on the issues of a larger concern.

This legislation exceeds my budgetary recommendations by such a large amount--some $540 million--that it presents a clear and distinct threat to our fight against inflation and cannot be accepted.