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Gerald Ford: “The revised deferrals are for programs in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and reflect routine increases…”

On the recordNovember 4, 1976
The revised deferrals are for programs in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and reflect routine increases in the amounts previously deferred.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Special Message to the Congress Reporting on Budget Rescissions and Deferrals

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