Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"The right of the Secretary of Agriculture to regulate interstate movement of animals exposed but not actually diseased must be recognized if the spread of such diseases from State to State and to othe..."

"I fear, if no remedial legislation be granted at this session, that it may not be possible to continue to enforce the necessary measures for controlling this class of diseases, and that serious, wides..."

"I therefore put in an earnest plea for early action in this matter, and commend to your favorable consideration the two bills proposed by the Committees on Agriculture and referred to in this message."

"In compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives, dated the 25th instant (the Senate concurring), I return herewith House bill No. 15657, entitled 'An act granting an increase of pensio..."