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Gerald Ford: “What we want to elect to Congress--Senators and Members of the House--is an inflation-proof Congress, and we will get it…”

On the recordSeptember 15, 1974
What we want to elect to Congress--Senators and Members of the House--is an inflation-proof Congress, and we will get it with Republican candidates.
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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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