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On the recordFebruary 13, 1963
I am also asking the Secretary of the Treasury both to participate in the work of the advisory committee dealing with special economic problems and, as part of his general responsibility for administering debt management and for reviewing the borrowing operations of these agencies, to take special responsibility for assuring that any borrowing arrangements undertaken by these agencies are consistent with overall monetary and debt management policies.
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Joseph Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Memorandum on the Report of the Committee on Federal Credit Programs.

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