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Ronald Reagan: “I believe it would be both unfair and counterproductive for Congress to disapprove my certification of Mexico as a fully…”

On the recordApril 13, 1988
I believe it would be both unfair and counterproductive for Congress to disapprove my certification of Mexico as a fully cooperating country.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California

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Letter to the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate on Assistance to Mexico and the Bahamas

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