Richard Nixon: “I think something's going on in America today.”

I have always tried to do what was best for the Nation.

Further study is essential if we are to avoid ineffective Federal spending for these purposes.

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.

It is regrettable that the Congress has seen fit to add to a bill of such importance to our national security a rider adversely affecting the constitutional separation of powers.