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Bill Clinton: I cannot accept the provision that would cut off all funding for these agencies on April 1, 1996, unless the State…

On the recordDecember 18, 1995
I cannot accept the provision that would cut off all funding for these agencies on April 1, 1996, unless the State Department Authorization Act and related legislation had been signed into law.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Message to the House of Representatives Returning Without Approval the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the...

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