Gerald Ford actually said...

Under my plan, of course, the States will get a refund for any added energy costs, if the Congress acts.

This law must not be allowed to expire in August of 1975.

We need a program that will make us invulnerable to the possibility of foreign oil embargoes or any other action.

This proclamation that I am about to sign is the first step down the long and difficult road toward regaining our energy freedom.