Gerald Ford actually said...

The Congress must cooperate if we are to be able to successfully arrest these trends in order to assure our own security.

Statement on Signing the Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1977

07/13/1976

More Gerald Ford Quotes

I believe that the Outer Continental Shelf [O.C.S.] oil and gas deposits can provide the largest single source of increased domestic energy ...

Our primary objective is to produce oil and gas where we can do so safely.

If our studies show that development cannot occur in a particular area without unacceptable risk, then we will not hold a lease sale.

We must proceed with a program that is designed to develop these resources.