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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And as I leave, let me say, that is an example I think all of us should remember.
Two weeks ago, I vowed to the American people that any appropriations bill substantially above my budget for fiscal year 1975 would be vetoed.
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