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May 01, 1952 Harry S Truman Special Message to the Congress Transmitting Reorganization Plan 5 of 1952.
about a basic simplification and improvement of the government … District government, it does not and cannot under the authority … Reorganization Act provide for home rule . As is well known, I strongly …
Jan 18, 1960 Dwight D. Eisenhower Annual Budget Message to the Congress: Fiscal Year 1961.
required military strength and enhancing the national welfare … maintain the Nation's security, and to extend economic growth … 1. Revenues of $84 billion and expenditures of $79.8 billion …
Jan 16, 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower Annual Budget Message to the Congress: Fiscal Year 1962.
year 1962 I send you budget and legislative proposals which … for the national defense, and at the same time preserve the integrity and strength of our Federal Government's … to the new administration and the Congress a progressive and workable financial plan which …
Jan 18, 1963 John F. Kennedy Special Message to the Congress on the District of Columbia Budget.
Government both the Administration and the Congress--to redouble its understanding of and interest in its Capital city … National Government has, and must continue to have, a special responsibility and a special relationship to …
Jun 09, 1963 John F. Kennedy Address in Honolulu Before the United States Conference of Mayors.
the Congress, the Senate and the House, ladies and gentlemen: Aloha. I want … meeting, in a sense, a day early and giving me an opportunity … the welfare of our States, and the welfare of our communities …
Jan 21, 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson Annual Message to the Congress, the District of Columbia Budget.
city's c h a r a c t e r and attributes. A year ago, in … Government--both the Administration and the Congress--to redouble its understanding of and interest in its Capital City." … challenge continues. The policies and programs which President …
Feb 15, 1965 Lyndon B. Johnson Special Message to the Congress on the Needs of the Nation's Capital.
of the Federal Government and the home of our most meaningful … that nation. Their foresight and dedication--and the patient work of generations … Americans--have built a beautiful and inspiring National Capital …
Aug 04, 1965 Lyndon B. Johnson Letter to the Speaker Urging Consideration of the D.C. Home Rule Bill by the House of Representatives.
transmitted to the Congress a home rule bill for the District of … message urging its prompt and favorable consideration … vote, recommended favorably, and on July 22 the Senate passed …
Sep 03, 1965 Lyndon B. Johnson Televised Statement by the President Concerning the Signing of the D.C. Home Rule Petition by a Majority of House Members.
requiring consideration of home rule for the District of Columbia … their own representatives and would frame their own laws … almost two centuries history and circumstance, indifference and hostility, have conspired …
Jan 25, 1967 Lyndon B. Johnson Annual Message to the Congress on the District of Columbia Budget.
education, employment, crime and a rapidly changing racial … their own government through home rule. I believe that the last Congress should have granted home rule to the citizens of the District, and I urge the present Congress to give them home rule . Two recent reports underscore …
Jun 01, 1967 Lyndon B. Johnson Special Message to the Congress Transmitting Reorganization Plan 3 of 1967: Government of the District of Columbia
every front--from schools and hospitals, courts and police, to housing and transportation, recreation and job opportunities. If the District is to meet these tests and fulfill the needs of its … Register (32 F.R. 11669) and in Title 3 of the Code of …
Mar 13, 1968 Lyndon B. Johnson Special Message to the Congress on the District of Columbia: "The Nation's First City."
as being something finer and more beautiful than he had … monuments, quiet splendor and the close touch of history--is … their needs, their wants and their expectations. For too …
Feb 13, 1969 Richard Nixon Remarks at the Swearing In of Walter E. Washington as Mayor of the District of Columbia.
Mr. Justice Marshall, ladies and gentlemen: We are here today … to have him step forward and Mrs. Washington step forward … Washington, I congratulate you and I want to make one point …
Oct 09, 1969 Richard Nixon Remarks With Participants in the Bipartisan Congressional Leadership Meeting on Crime in the District of Columbia
problem that is national, and it is a problem in which … relation to the District and also special in relation … us have made in campaigns, and on the subject generally …
Dec 24, 1973 Richard Nixon Statement on Signing the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act.
Capital. I first voted for home rule as a Member of the House of Representatives in 1948, and I have endorsed the enactment of home rule legislation during both my … functions under local control and to provide local governments with the authority and resources they need to serve …
Jan 30, 1974 Richard Nixon Annual Message to the Congress on the State of the Union
progress toward a stable peace and expanding prosperity. In … work of the years before, and anticipate needs of those … process is that of the timing and pacing of our initiatives …
Feb 28, 1976 Gerald R. Ford Statement on Decisions Concerning Two Bills of the District of Columbia City Council.
Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization … provides that acts of the D.C. Council which have been vetoed by the mayor and overridden by a two-thirds … allow them to become law. D.C. enrolled acts 1-87, relating to affirmative action in D.C. government employment, and 1-88, relating to the so-called …
Sep 21, 1977 Jimmy Carter Presidential Task Force on the District of Columbia Remarks of the Vice President on the President's Decisions on Task Force Recommendations.
congressional, District government, and executive branch task force … appreciation for the advice, help, and cooperation of the members … Senator Charles Mathias, and .Council Chairman Sterling …
Feb 16, 1978 Jimmy Carter Interview With the President Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Representatives of Black Media Associations
that it's a great pleasure and an honor for us to have you … our country is a very fine and honorable one. And I had … think about 6.7 percent, and among black teenagers, an …
Nov 19, 1979 Jimmy Carter District of Columbia Retirement Reform Act Statement on Signing S. 1037 Into Law.
provide a sound financial basis and important benefit reforms … police, firefighters, teachers, and judges of the District of … ever-growing unfunded liability and need to be actuarially based …
Jan 16, 1981 Jimmy Carter The State of the Union Annual Message to the Congress
national energy plan is in place and our dependence on foreign … serious problems. Inflation and unemployment are unacceptably … spots throughout the world, and 53 American hostages are …
Feb 21, 1997 William J. Clinton Remarks Announcing the District of Columbia College Reading Tutor Initiative
for making the First Lady and me feel so very welcome here … are here today, Hilda Mason and Harry Thomas, Judge Hamilton … Board members who are here and others who are here who are …
Aug 06, 1997 William J. Clinton The President's News Conference
some detail. Let me back up and say that I think on balance … of the Medicaid budget of DC , begins to take over the … this city has had to bear; and then to give the local officials …
Nov 19, 1997 William J. Clinton Statement on Signing District of Columbia Appropriations Legislation
National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement … to revitalize Washington, D.C., as the Nation's capital and to improve prospects for "home rule " to succeed. The Congress …
Sep 28, 1999 William J. Clinton Statement on Returning Without Approval to the House of Representatives Appropriations Legislation for the District of Columbia
2000," approves local funding and provides for targeted Federal … funding for District Courts and Corrections and the DC Offender Supervision Agency and makes some progress towards … providing tuition assistance, and improve children's health …