Richard Nixon: “I am asking the Congress to authorize a new program of Planning and Management Assistance to States, to area wide…”

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.

I did not realize the extent of the implications which these conversations might now appear to have.

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

Two weeks ago, I vowed to the American people that any appropriations bill substantially above my budget for fiscal year 1975 would be vetoed.