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Richard Nixon: I FEEL profoundly and very personally touched by the unexpected news of Speaker McCormack's retirement from Congress at…

On the recordMay 19, 1970
I FEEL profoundly and very personally touched by the unexpected news of Speaker McCormack's retirement from Congress at the end of his present term.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Statement About the Retirement From the Congress of Speaker McCormack

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