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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “I shall shortly transmit to Congress a request for the appropriation of funds necessary to get the program under way.”

On the recordSeptember 13, 1962
I shall shortly transmit to Congress a request for the appropriation of funds necessary to get the program under way.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks Upon Signing the Public Works Acceleration Act

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