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On the recordAugust 21, 1980
I am returning without my signature H.R. 7102, the Veterans Administration Health Care Amendments of 1980, because this bill would provide $80 million a year to Veterans Administration ('VA') physicians in unwarranted salary bonuses rather than target that amount on veterans themselves.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Message to the House of Representatives Returning H.R. 7102 Without Approval

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