Richard Nixon actually said...

We must begin immediately to rebuild our merchant fleet and make it more competitive.

Special Message to the Congress on a New Program for the United States Merchant Marine.

10/22/1969

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The Republican bill would have provided $3.9 million.

Memphis is a splendid example, this whole State of Tennessee, the neighboring State of Arkansas, and the neighboring State of Mississippi.

This, my friends, is what America must present to the world - a country, yes, that is stronger than any other militarily and economically, b...

For 5 years we've been trying to get it through the Congress and they have refused to enact the program that the President wanted.