Richard Nixon: “I thank the Congress, and the country owes a debt to the Congress in its closing days, for acting in this particular…”

Further study is essential if we are to avoid ineffective Federal spending for these purposes.

I have always tried to do what was best for the Nation.

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

This was a serious act of omission for which I take full responsibility and which I deeply regret.