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In keeping Federal spending under control, we do not intend, of course, to single out only farm or environmental programs.

This, more than anything, is what I hope will be my legacy to you, to our country, as I leave the Presidency.

I invite the Governors of the States and of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and other officials at the local level to issue similar proclamations.

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.