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On the recordDecember 29, 1974
In sum, I find that the adverse impact of this bill on our domestic coal production is unacceptable at a time when the Nation can ill afford significant losses from this critical energy resource.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Memorandum of Disapproval of Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Legislation

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