Richard Nixon: “I want to commend the House for the responsible, forward-looking action it took today in approving the family assistance…”

This, more than anything, is what I hope will be my legacy to you, to our country, as I leave the Presidency.

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.

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

I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration to both the Telegraph Regulations and the Telephone Regulations and give its advice and consent to their ratification with the declarations proposed in the report of the…