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The first session of the 91st Congress might be characterized as a transitional era between the Johnson and Nixon Administra tions. As such, there w^s less emphasis on broad new social re forms and greater emphasis on consolidation of the hundreds of Federal programs already in existence. Even so, Congress undertopk the study of a mas sive amount of legislation, much of which will not be ready for final action until the second session considers it. Other than the fact that the Nixon Admin istration took a conservative ap proach in suggesting legislation, the first session of the legisla tive calendar ran according to the pattern which has prevailed during much of the last decade. "Generally, major legislative pro posals, other than appropriations -bills, take more than one ses sion before they are finally en acted. As a consequence, it is mot unusual for a major revision of the law to carry over from the first session to .the second session of the Congress Thus Congress considered new legislation which dealth with tax revision, social security, air ports and airways, oil pollution, crime control, voting rights, elec totpl-college reform, post office, reorganization, mass transporta tion, welfare, food stamps, and job training, hut did- not com plete action on some of these measures. two most pressing issues the nation in, admitted of progress of the Vietnam War. The President has the major burden of establishing policies with respect to this war, since he carries the constitutional re sponsibility of being our Com mander-in-€hief. I am gratified that he discussed his plans with respect to our role in Vietnam in his mid-November address to the Nation. I believe that the President has sought to pursue the wisest course of action in respect to Vietnam under the circumstances now existing, and I share his hope that we can gradually transfer the American share of that war to the South Vietnamese forces. ■.; . ■ -;G Everyone in this nation is aware of the ravages made upon our pocketbook^ by inflation. The latest governmental statis tics show that the cost of liv ing continues to rise at A rapid rate. Some of the courses of the deterioration of the value of the dollar lie within the realm of individual actions by employers, employees, and consumers. Oth er causes of this major domestic problem lie within the workings of market and monetary forces. At the same time, however, it should be recognized that much cf the inflation we are experi encing today can be attributed to the spending policies of the Federal Government. Soon the President will submit a new bud get for the next fiscal year to Congress. I hope that he will submit a balanced budget which meets the essential needs of the country, but one which rec ognizes that our government cannot finance all of the de mands for new programs which it receives each year. Such a budget would constitute the most effective approach which our Federal Government could take to deal with inflation. Blight future on the Aerospace Team AIR FORCE SEE YOUR AIR FORCE RECRU,TER n and Home Requirements ©f Petroleum Products 70 East of Kinston, N. C, ■v, &ac*;-'*r \rJ y._. As we who represent you in the Congress look back on the year which will soon come to an end, we can see a number of legislative milestones. Notable among them was the adoption of, not a perfect, but a better and and fairer system of Selective Service, one which burdens our young men with only one year of susceptibility to the draft in stead of seven. Time and space will not permit me to enumerate more. Especially noteworthy in the 1969 legislative year was the stop-look-and-listen attitude of the Congress. There was, I believe, a realization by the Con gress that the people of this country had given a mandate for more careful deliberation of each and every legislative pro posal. I think it was a mandate for caution to the President and all of government as well as to Congress. I’m sure you’ve no ticed substantial adherence to that mandate by all branches of government—maybe not enough — but much more than usual. This has not always been the case in recent years. In the past those of us who pressed for reas on in legislation were often in the minority. In this connection, I might point out that, though difficult for some to understand, a neg ative vote — a no vote — is often in the best interests of the country. Some of the na tional news media have not yet learned that essential truth. Congress has wrestled, and is wrestling, with many problems this year. 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