Lyndon Johnson actually said...

I am requesting the appropriate Federal agencies to study these proposals and make recommendations to me for later submission to the Congress.

Letter to the President of the Senate and to the Speaker Transmitting Report of Task Force on Federal Flood Control Policy.

08/09/1966

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This commitment is difficult to achieve, but it is very simple to state.

We are still striving to involve the poor, the deprived, the forgotten American, white and Negro, in the future of their society.

In your hands is rightfully placed the sovereignty of the country, and to you everyone placed in authority is ultimately responsible.