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Gerald Ford: “This bill will help to return power from the banks of the Potomac to people in their own communities.”

On the recordAugust 21, 1974
This bill will help to return power from the banks of the Potomac to people in their own communities.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Statement on the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974

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