Richard Nixon: “So deeply do I hold these views that I had scheduled a luncheon in honor of Speaker McCormack on May 27 well before I…”

I have done my very best in all the days since to be true to that pledge.

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.

As far as what the President personally knew and did with regard to Watergate and the coverup is concerned, these materials--together with those already made available--will tell it all.

And as I leave, let me say, that is an example I think all of us should remember.