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Ronald Reagan: “I am concerned, however, by some of the language of section 3(b) of S.J. Res. 260, which can be read to require me to…”

On the recordJanuary 13, 1983
I am concerned, however, by some of the language of section 3(b) of S.J. Res. 260, which can be read to require me to appoint as members of the Commission—without discretion—those persons recommended by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Statement on Signing a Bill on the Tricentennial Anniversary Year of German Settlement in America

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