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In 1973, Rarick introduced a bill to withdraw the United States from the [[United Nations]].<ref>"U.S. should withdraw from U.N.," ''The Boca Raton ([[Florida]]) News,'' November 13, 1973.</ref> Earlier, in 1972, Rarick tried to bring John G. Schmitz's bill to withdraw from the U.N. to a vote.<ref>"Letters to the Editor," ''Lodi (California) News-Sentinel,'' February 4, 1972.</ref> Rarick was against foreign aid, having written in 1971: "In my three terms in the House I have never seen a foreign aid bill that deserved passage. I have always felt that we should have Americans helping Americans first, not after they got through helping everyone else."<ref>"Fighting Wars on Credit,'' ''The New York Daily News,'' September 20, 1971.</ref>
In 1973, Rarick introduced a bill to withdraw the United States from the [[United Nations]].<ref>"U.S. should withdraw from U.N.," ''The Boca Raton ([[Florida]]) News,'' November 13, 1973.</ref> Earlier, in 1972, Rarick tried to bring John G. Schmitz's bill to withdraw from the U.N. to a vote.<ref>"Letters to the Editor," ''Lodi (California) News-Sentinel,'' February 4, 1972.</ref> Rarick was against foreign aid, having written in 1971: "In my three terms in the House I have never seen a foreign aid bill that deserved passage. I have always felt that we should have Americans helping Americans first, not after they got through helping everyone else."<ref>"Fighting Wars on Credit,'' ''The New York Daily News,'' September 20, 1971.</ref>
Like the [[Iowa]] Republican Representative [[H. R. Gross]], Rarick was a vocal opponents of legislation converting the U.S. to the [[metric system]], Rarick calling it "anti-American."<ref>How the metric legislation lost, ''The Lodi (California) News-Sentinel,'' May 11, 1974.</ref>
Like the [[Iowa]] Republican Representative H. R. Gross, Rarick was a vocal opponent of legislation converting the U.S. to the [[metric system]], calling it "anti-American."<ref>How the metric legislation lost, ''The Lodi (California) News-Sentinel,'' May 11, 1974.</ref>
===Losing re-nomination in 1974===
===Losing re-nomination in 1974===