Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

public interests require that the Senate of the United States be convened at 12 o'clock on the 4th day of March next, to receive such communications as may be made by the Executive

Context

Proclamation 538—Convening a Special Session of the United States Senate

02/22/1905

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