Gerald Ford

I am deeply indebted and very, very grateful.

I will not ask Congress to increase gasoline taxes.

The reception here is just as enthusiastic, just as warm.

I find myself obliged to return to the Congress unsigned a bill that would disrupt existing Federal programs and ill serve the needs of our Nation's handicapped citizens.

It seems to me that if you have a reasonably close ratio of Democrats to Republicans, the public is better off.

I cannot approve the bill, however, because it contains an unrelated rider which creates serious inequities and distortions in the Federal personnel system.

I am confident we are going to strengthen and solidify the Western alliance.

I cannot imagine someone doing a finer job in this Congressional district than Paul Goebel, Jr.

Recession has been defined.

I urge the Congress to approve my request for rescission and deferral of funds already approved by Congress for certain reclamation projects to make certain we stay within the $300 billion budget for fiscal 1975.

This legislation would double the basic Federal insurance limits for deposits and savings accounts.

I am returning today, without my approval, H.R. 13342, The Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act Amendments of 1974.

I HAVE approved H.R. 15736, the Reclamation Development Act of 1974.

H.R. 11221 also contains fair credit billing provisions which will protect consumers against the repeated incorrect billings of computers.

No group in our country is more in need of supportive services than the Handicapped.

I believe that Nelson Rockefeller will be confirmed.

As we all know, the lowering of the highway speed limit has saved lives and conserved energy.

To the contrary, safety restraints save lives and prevent injuries.

We continue to believe that the operation of free market forces will direct worldwide investment flows in the most productive way.

We will be in a position to know better how to conduct ongoing monitoring of foreign investment activity in the United States.

We owe more than we can ever repay to the veterans of all wars in which this Nation has been involved.

You never win a football game by sitting on the sidelines.

It is important that futures trading take place under conditions in which traders and the public have full confidence in the system.

Food is, as we know, a basic key to world peace.

What we need is not a veto-proof Congress. But let's take the affirmative: What we need is an inflation-proof Congress.