Richard Nixon: “When they support a bill, they get a pen.”

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 am firmly convinced that the record, in its entirety, does not justify the extreme step of impeachment and removal of a President.

I am pleased that in this bill the Congress has expressed support for our objectives by authorizing $22.2 billion for military procurement purposes during fiscal year 1975.

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