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Ronald Reagan: “The American people will receive, as you've just heard, over a $1 1/2 billion from that sale, reducing the Federal…”

On the recordApril 2, 1987
The American people will receive, as you've just heard, over a $1 1/2 billion from that sale, reducing the Federal deficit by that same amount.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at a White House Ceremony Marking the Sale of the Consolidated Rail Corporation

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