Richard Nixon actually said...

As we face gasoline shortages and an increasing demand for public transportation, we should do all we can to afford local officials genuine flexibility to use Federal-Aid Highway funds to improve mass transit if they so desire.

Context

Memorandum of Disapproval of a Bill To Amend the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964

01/03/1974

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