Herbert Hoover said "The budget as it goes to Congress, of course, is built up by departments, and not by the particular purpose for which expenditures of the Government are made." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordDecember 2, 1929

The budget as it goes to Congress, of course, is built up by departments, and not by the particular purpose for which expenditures of the Government are made.

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Herbert Hoover

Republican · California

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The President's News Conference

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