09/06/1976
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"My administration would cooperate 100 percent in making certain that the transition from my administration to his administration would be carried out in the best interests of the American people."
"These billions of dollars in savings, actual and prospective, mean a leaner, tighter, more efficient and more effective Government."
"I AM pleased to announce today results and accomplishments from the Presidential Management Initiatives program first announced by me on July 23, 1976."
"We estimate specific savings to the taxpayers in 1976 to be nearly $500 million."