Ronald Reagan actually said...

This proposal is the result of careful review within the administration and reflects an effort to strike a balance between avoiding unnecessary and wasteful expenditures of scarce Federal dollars and preserving a sound, sensibly scaled national synthetic fuels program.

Context

Announcement of Proposed Legislation To Reduce Funding for the National Synthetic Fuels Program

05/13/1984

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