Washington, D.C.
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Statement on Introducing Legislation For the Custody and Treatment of Persons Federally Acquitted on Insanity Grounds, Senate Floor
All of the recent court rulings reflect a judgment that those whose crimes occur because of mental illness should be treated for their illness rather than punished for their conduct.
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Statement Before Senate
The data coming to light now shows that we have done all too little to rehabilitate and reintegrate into society those who have once run afoul of the law enforcement
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Television interview in the WTTG studios of the Metromedia Television Network
I think there is an obligation on the part of all of us to stay informed and aware and to read the responsible newspapers and periodicals which discuss national and international issues, and which themselves make an effort to distinguish between extremist exploitation of issues and legitimate debate and discussion.
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Remarks, Introducing Bill for Industrial Investment in Urban Poverty Areas, U.S. Senate
To rely exclusively, even primarily, on government efforts is not only to ignore the shaping traditions of American life and politics, but to ignore the potential contribution of private enterprise is to fight the war on poverty with a single platoon, while great armies are left to stand aside.
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Statement to Senate
The issues which we face in our cities go to the question of the survival of our society. They deserve the highest priority consideration.
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Remarks before the Subcommittee on Executive Reorganization of the Committee on Government Operations of the United States Senate
The city is not just housing and stores. It is not just education and employment, parks and theaters, banks and shops.
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Senate Speech
We are stronger, and therefore have more responsibility, than any nation on earth; we should make the first effort, the greatest effort, and the last effort to control nuclear weapons. We can and must begin immediately.
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Statement to the Senate on July 12, 1966
The major danger from air pollution is one of health. Most of us know that carbon monoxide in a closed garage can kill us but fewer know of the indirect dangers.
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Statement to the Senate on July 12, 1966
We can make progress in our efforts to control air pollution only if we establish a Federal safety code for the major pollutants.
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Statement to the Senate
In looking forward toward legislation, I believe that major emphasis must be given to air pollution research and development. For this is an area where a major investment will pay dividends.
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Speech in Washington, D.C.
We have not been getting the truth about America to the world, particularly to the young intellectuals in the foreign nations, and particularly in those countries which are just growing, which have just come onto the world scene. Meanwhile, Communism, armed not with truth but with intensive, attractive propaganda, has been turning them against us.
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