01/17/1977
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"I urge the Congress to give these proposals prompt and favorable consideration."
"You have earned their thanks as well as my own."
"These programs requiring the Government to borrow in the capital markets have contributed to the problem by adding to upward pressure on interest rates."
"More than 1.6 million suggestions submitted since that time attest to the success which the program has had as a means of motivating military men and women to seek ways of reducing costs and improving..."