Richard Nixon 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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