Richard Nixon actually said...

I believe that the Congress should now enact a debt limit which will serve the needs of our Nation both for the balance of this fiscal year and for the foreseeable future.

Context

Special Message to the Congress Proposing Establishment of a New Public Debt Limit

02/23/1969

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