Congress has not thus far authorized $1.7 billion requested for new ship programs that are needed to strengthen our maritime capabilities.
I am advising the Congress that failure to take the necessary remedial actions will result in a revised 1977 estimate for National Defense o...
Provisions such as Section 612 would add arbitrarily and unnecessarily to the tax burden of the American people.
The request is substantial, as it must be to provide what is necessary for our national security.
My total fiscal year 1977 Budget request for national defense is $114.9 billion in budget authority.
I know how important, how vital each of you are and what all of you do.
I believe that the national committee ought to take a hard look at it and perhaps lay the groundwork for 1980.
The farmers of America must get a fair price in a free market.
We can act like real zealots but also great Americans.
This administration will never make the hard work and the production of the American farmer a pawn in international diplomacy.
We want to make a better America for the children and grandchildren that will follow us.