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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This, more than anything, is what I hope will be my legacy to you, to our country, as I leave the Presidency.
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.
I also call upon appropriate community organizations to cooperate with the Customs Service in recognizing 185 years of mutually beneficial relationships.
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