Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 003-033
Date: Wednesday, May 12, 1971 at 5:45 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Mills, Wilbur D.
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/003-033

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[0:00] Mr. President, I have Congressman Mills for you.
[0:04] Thank you.
[0:05] Hello.
[0:07] I just wanted to tell you how pleased I was that the committee got H.R.
[0:12] 1 out today.
[0:13] I know you've really been slaving on the thing, and I just want you to know how grateful I am.
[0:21] made a little comment about it but uh saying that i had uh was how pleased we were but i wanted you to personally know how much i appreciate it i sure appreciate you calling me now we've got about 24 very fundamental reforms including what you recommended and what the committee's added there i think you're going to be very pleased with it tell me this uh with everything you've done well don't you really feel now that the the senate uh
[0:42] I'm going to talk to Russell on those bills again, but this ought to cool some of that, get some of the conservatives in the Senate.
[0:49] That's our hope, isn't it?
[0:50] It's to get them back.
[0:52] They were the ones that blocked it before.
[0:53] Absolutely, and it's a much better bill than we had, to be very frank.
[0:57] What's your prospectus in the House?
[1:00] Well, we'll report it Monday, so it'll be an amendment to H-1.
[1:05] We won't have to introduce clean bills.
[1:07] And then the report itself will be filed by midnight, May the 26th.
[1:12] May 26th.
[1:12] We can take it up the first week or the second week in June.
[1:15] And then you'll have, you don't have a closed rule on this, do you?
[1:18] Oh, we will have.
[1:18] Yes, sir.
[1:19] Ah, good, good.
[1:20] Yes, sir.
[1:21] That's great.
[1:22] That's great.
[1:22] We've got tax provisions as well as... And you'll win.
[1:25] Oh, yes.
[1:26] Okay.
[1:27] They'll give it to John and me.
[1:28] Right, right.
[1:29] And you'll have good conferees.
[1:31] Oh, yes, sir.
[1:33] All right.
[1:33] Well, that's great.
[1:34] All right.
[1:35] Well...
[1:35] On my part, I've already, as you know, had a talk with Russell Long and Wally Bennett, and I will personally work the Senate as hard as I can.
[1:50] I've said publicly everywhere, and I'll continue to say it, that this is a partnership bill between the White House and the Ways and Means Committee.
[1:57] You've been in on all of it.
[1:59] That's right.
[1:59] Approve all of it.
[2:00] And there's all that you wanted, and you've taken some pages.
[2:03] And basically, there's credit for all of us in it.
[2:06] And that's the way I played it here.
[2:08] I told Elliot, I said, now just go out there and say this is when we all work together on it.
[2:12] And that's what he said.
[2:13] I want to say it on the floor of the house when we get back.
[2:14] Thanks a lot.
[2:15] Yes, sir.
[2:16] Give my best to that cute little granddaughter.
[2:18] Any girl that comes in and says she loves me, I'm all for her.
[2:21] Well, you don't forget her.
[2:22] Okay.
[2:23] I'll never forget you.
[2:23] Okay.
[2:24] Bye.