The President's News Conference
10/19/1976
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The social and economic progress to which they aspire cannot come without the political equality of statehood.
When I took office in 1974, I found many of our regulatory laws outdated and unintelligible.
I urge the Congress to act.
I am calling for legislation to halt this practice so that our budget system will fully reflect the financial activities...