Richard Nixon: “The Rent Advisory Board shall provide advice concerning special considerations involved in the stabilization of rents.”

This house has a great heart, and that heart comes from those who serve.

A number of provisions authorize spending for unneeded equipment and could thus inflate defense spending unnecessarily at a time when we all should recognize the need to avoid waste.

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

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.