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On the recordFebruary 29, 1976
Nothing could be more destructive of the diversity of thought and opinion necessary for national progress than an excess of control by the central government.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Special Message to Congress Proposing Elementary and Secondary Education Reform Legislation

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Mar 20, 2003

will the gentleman put up the chart that was up earlier showing Clintonomics versus the last chart and agree that perhaps spending grew in those years because revenue for the government grew as well, and perhaps that President and this…

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Jun 5, 2003

what is the problem then if my colleagues believe in removing all these taxes, which I think there is a lot of merit to, I am a big tax cutter like the gentleman is? I support those ideas. How is that consistent with the taking 3 million…

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Feb 13, 2002

I know the gentleman made the point about the Democratic Party, but was not the gentleman quoted in the front page of one of our local newspapers here on the Hill urging us not to consider a telecom bill because it would hurt campaign…

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Oct 28, 2000

I have heard all my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, particularly the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Goodling), the chairman of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, tout some of the successes of the committee. I serve…

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