“Joan Sebastian Guerrero should still be alive.”
“This President needs guardrails, not a blank check”
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“This cannot be acceptable in America.”
“Federal investment like this can transform lives and economies.”
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On the recordNovember 14, 1971
I think that we can say now that with the decision of the Pay Board with regard to a 5½ percent increase in wages during the next year, with the decision of the Price Commission, which aimed to the goal of between 2 and 3 percent on the price side, that with the massive public support that we had which made Phase 1 such a success in stopping inflation, that that public support continuing in Phase 2 will mean that the year 1972 will see a year in which we cut inflation in half in this country.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California
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Remarks at a Meeting of the Cost of Living Council.

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