Gerald Ford actually said...

In my judgment, the most significant reasons why such coal losses cannot be accepted are as follows:

Memorandum of Disapproval of Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Legislation

12/29/1974

More Gerald Ford Quotes

The Congress has badly misjudged the real public interest in enacting this bill.

I am calling on the Congress to turn its full and undivided attention to this unfinished agenda of legislative business.

The record you will take to the people will be a good one.

I AM keenly disappointed by the action of the Congress in enacting, over my veto, the so-called Public Works Employment Act of 1976.