The President's News Conference
02/16/1976
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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 am totally committed to close cooperation between the Congress and the Executive.
This public works bill is troublesome because it would increase the 1975 outlays by $80 million above the budget.