Richard Nixon: “They say that we have become a sick society, a corrupt society.”

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.

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.

I firmly believe that our current fiscal situation demands national unanimity on the issues of a larger concern.

I am firmly convinced that the record, in its entirety, does not justify the extreme step of impeachment and removal of a President.