I think that the lesson we learned from this session was that you cannot possibly pass these bills unless you have the support of the administration, unless you have the affirmative endorsement by whoever is President of the United States, because the power of veto hangs so heavily over the Congress, especially in a short session, where it would be extremely difficult to override and especially with the parliamentary devices available.
Press Conference of Senator John F. Kennedy, Anchorage, Alaska, Westward Hotel
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I congratulate you, the people of Delaware, the people of Maryland, and the people of the United States.
I hope in the year 1963 we will again take stock of the needs of the country over the next decade and we will begin today, this year, this decade, the things which will make this country a better place to live in for the rest of this…
And I think that--the governmental standards, let me say, on the whole I think compare favorably with those in Washington, with those in some other parts of America.
But don't make it impossible for us to function by legislative restraints or inadequate appropriations.
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