Gerald Ford actually said...

No major revision of the District's criminal laws should be undertaken without the benefit of the Commission's recommendations.

Statement on Signing the Bill To Extend the Period Prohibiting Revision of the District of Columbia Criminal Code.

09/06/1976

More Gerald Ford Quotes

Cash awards totaling $1,358,818 were paid for these adopted suggestions, based not only on the tangible first-year benefits of $71,461,841 w...

Of the nearly 146,009 suggestions which were submitted by military personnel during Fiscal Year 1974, 19,810 were adopted.

Of those suggestions submitted, more than 255,000 have been adopted with resultant tangible first year benefits in excess of $799,000,000.

I commend the Congress for initiating hearings on this important problem.