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Richard Nixon: H.R. 1 offers the Nation, at last, a way out of the present welfare morass.

On the recordJune 21, 1971
H.R. 1 offers the Nation, at last, a way out of the present welfare morass.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Statement About House Approval of the Welfare Reform and Social Security Bill

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