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On the recordJune 28, 1976
We must get the money and services to the people who need them, and not just to the communities that happen to be most skilled in the art of grantsmanship.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Address to the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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