Veto of National Wildlife Refuge System Legislation
10/21/1974
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Enlisted personnel received $1,175,908.50 in awards, which represents 81 percent of the total cash awards paid.
The Medals of Freedom you are about to receive are the highest civilian honor that our country can bestow.
I urge the Congress to act.
When I took office in 1974, I found many of our regulatory laws outdated and unintelligible.