Ronald Reagan: “I will not accept the excuse that the Federal Government has grown . .…”

On the recordFebruary 17, 1988

I will not accept the excuse that the Federal Government has grown . . . beyond the control of any President, Administration or Congress.

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Republican · California

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Message to the Congress Transmitting the Fiscal Year 1989 Budget

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