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On the recordSeptember 15, 1974
It would mean a Congress that would spend more and more--and I repeatedly alerted people around the country that if we had a veto-proof Congress, they better tighten their seat belts because they were going right through the sky in spending.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks at a Luncheon for Members of the Republican National Committee and Republican National Finance Committee.

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