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Richard Nixon: We must be certain that the responsibility for effecting this transition from support to self-sufficiency is clearly…

On the recordMarch 30, 1971
We must be certain that the responsibility for effecting this transition from support to self-sufficiency is clearly fixed and that the necessary resources are provided.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Letter to the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the House Committee on Ways and Means About the Welfare Reform Bill.

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