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On the recordSeptember 23, 1963
This will enable the Congress to consider further measures after some experience with the program has accumulated.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks Upon Signing the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act

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