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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Nov 7, 1973

I have to get back to the White House to do some work before they turn off the lights.

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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Nov 7, 1973

Recognizing that a more efficient use of our transportation resources is necessary, we should also provide additional authority to encourage greater use of funds from the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 for mass transit capital improvements.

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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Nov 6, 1973

Because of the urgent need for an organization that would provide focused leadership for this effort, I am asking the Congress to consider my proposal for an Energy Research and Development Administration.

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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Nov 6, 1973

The Chairman of the Water Resources Council is designated and empowered to exercise, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, the approval function for standards and procedures vested in the President by section 103 of the Water Resources Planning Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1962a-2).

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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Nov 6, 1973

The confidence of our allies in our ability to assist them will be diminished by the House's action.

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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Nov 6, 1973

He feels the action seriously undermines this Nation's ability to act decisively and convincingly in times of international crisis.

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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Nov 2, 1973

It is with these concerns in mind that I have today signed S. 2016, the Amtrak Improvement Act of 1973, despite my reservations about several aspects of this bill.

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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Oct 31, 1973

So I have given him the opportunity, with the Senate's consent--which I think will be overwhelming-to head the largest law firm in America, the Department of Justice.

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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Oct 31, 1973

I shall send to the Senate, as soon as the papers are prepared, the nomination of William Saxbe, Senator Saxbe of Ohio, as the Attorney General of the United States.

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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Oct 31, 1973

He will have, of course, under the rules, only a brief statement to make, since he has to answer questions in his confirmation hearings and has to delay any other questions which might relate to those hearings.

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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Oct 30, 1973

He has left us after a full and rich life and a dedicated medical career during which he treated over 12,000 people, rich and poor, famous and obscure.

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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Oct 30, 1973

I am also requesting that the Congress authorize an additional $50 million for the Special Funds of the Asian Development Bank.

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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Oct 30, 1973

I stated then that the time had come for action across the entire front of international economic problems.

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Richard Nixon
@richardnixon· Republican · CA· Oct 30, 1973

He will long stand as a model of all that is best in American medicine--a source of pride to physicians and laymen alike.

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