Gerald Ford actually said...

This public works bill is troublesome because it would increase the 1975 outlays by $80 million above the budget.

I am strongly opposed to those increases because they would intensify our number one problem--inflation.

I HAVE signed H.R. 15155, a public works appropriations bill for fiscal year 1975.

I have therefore decided to sign this bill with the hope and expectation that under the budget act, the Congress will work in cooperation wi...