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t the expenditures of your government will be administered with the utmost thrift and frugality. i will insist that the government get a dollaramp。s value for a dollar spent. the government will set an example of prudence and economy. this does not mean that we will not meet our unfilled needs or that we will not honor our mitments. we will do both. as one who has long served in both houses of the congress, i firmly believe in the independence and the integrity of the legislative branch. and i promise you that i shall always respect this. it is deep in the marrow of my bones. with equal firmness, i believe in the capacity and i believe in the ability of the congress, despite the divisions of opinions which characterize our nation, to act to act wisely, to act vigorously, to act speedily when the need arises. the need is here. the need is now. i ask your help. we meet in grief, but let us also meet in renewed dedication and renewed vigor. let us meet in action, in tolerance, and in mutual understandin