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On the recordNovember 7, 1988
Experience shows that once the Federal Government begins handing out money under a new grant program, a political constituency develops that demands greater funding for that program.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Memorandum of Disapproval on a Bill To Establish a National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program

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