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.
Veto of the Agriculture-Environmental and Consumer Protection Appropriation Bill.
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I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body. But as president, I must put the interests of America first. Therefore, I shall resign the presidency effective at noon…
This, more than anything, is what I hope will be my legacy to you, to our country, as I leave the Presidency.
This house has a great heart, and that heart comes from those who serve.
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