Sep 7, 1966
Therefore, except for the $600 million, every dollar spent on Great Society programs was secured by reducing or eliminating outmoded programs.
Lyndon Johnson
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Lyndon Baines Johnson was the 36th President of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969. A member of the Democratic Party, he was born in Texas and began his political career as a U.S. Representative in 1937, later becoming a U.S. Senator in 1949. Johnson ascended to the presidency following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and his administration is noted for significant domestic policies, including the Great Society programs aimed at eliminating poverty and racial injustice. His legislative achievements included the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the establishment of Medicare and Medicaid.
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Sep 7, 1966
Our machinery and equipment industries cannot digest the demands currently thrust upon them.
Sep 7, 1966
Prudent economic policy requires timely well-considered action in the national interest.
Sep 7, 1966
We must meet these new problems without jeopardizing past gains or present performance.
Sep 7, 1966
It is now time to set forth to the Congress and the American people the additional steps we consider necessary to assure the continuing health and strength of our economy.
Sep 7, 1966
I welcome you here--and I welcome the opportunity to sign this bill into law.
Sep 7, 1966
Our overburdened and underfinanced mass transportation systems were nearing paralysis.
Sep 7, 1966
And not a single one of those needs can be fully met until we rebuild our mass transportation systems.
Sep 7, 1966
I recommend that the Congress suspend until January 1, 1968, the use of accelerated depreciation on all buildings and structures started or transferred on or after September 1, 1966.
Sep 7, 1966
In the past 12 months, commercial and industrial construction was 27% higher than during the previous year.
Sep 6, 1966
I am delighted to congratulate our newest national treasures tonight, and to welcome all of you to the White House.
Sep 6, 1966
It was just about 10 days ago, out in the State of Idaho, that I spoke of the common feeling for life, the common love of song and story which Americans share with the people of the Soviet Union.
Sep 6, 1966
For you, Jane--you and your colleagues--have done what few statesmen on earth can do.
Sep 6, 1966
Last year, Congress established at our suggestion the National Endowment for the Arts, to enhance the place of the artist in our country.
Sep 6, 1966
And I hope that history will record this example of how music has reached across the oceans, the walls, and the ideologies that separate us all, and has found response in the hearts of the Russian people.
Sep 5, 1966
The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may authorize or approve in lieu of actual necessary expenses of travel, including lodging and subsistence, payment of an allowance of not more than five cents a mile to any claimant or beneficiary of…
Sep 5, 1966
Whenever a claimant or beneficiary requires an attendant other than an employee of the Veterans' Administration for the performance of travel specified in Sections 1 and 2 hereof, the travel expenses of such attendant may be allowed in the…
Sep 5, 1966
The Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may authorize or approve the payment of the actual necessary expenses of travel, including lodging and subsistence, of any claimant or beneficiary of the Veterans' Administration traveling to or from…
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