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Richard Nixon: I urge the Senate to approve this legislation, which is both fiscally sound and urgently needed to help the elderly and…

On the recordMay 21, 1970
I urge the Senate to approve this legislation, which is both fiscally sound and urgently needed to help the elderly and the disabled and their dependents make ends meet.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Statement About Passage by the House of the Social Security Amendments of 1970

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