August 2, 1961 Joint Senate-House Republican Leadership Press Conference TranscriptAugust 2, 1961Unknownhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/enghttp://congressarchives.org/record/EMD-Republican-Cong-Leadership-Series.-Press-Conf.-08_02_1961The official statement and press conference covers topics including the Hanford Washington nuclear power plant, depressed areas legislation, federal spending, the foreign aid bill, the Peace Corps, Rule 22 and the Senate filibuster, and funding for the Department of Health, Education and Welfare