Richard Nixon: “Our ability to change this system in time for the 1972 elections is a touchstone of the impulse to reform in America…”

Our military forces deter potential aggressors and, together with those of our allies, serve to assure the continued security of the free world.

I do hereby proclaim October 29, 1974, as National Student Government Day.

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.

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