The second bill I am signing, H.R. 14299, will raise compensation benefits for service-disabled veterans and their survivors by 8 percent on October 1, 1976.
Gerald Ford: “The second bill I am signing, H.R. 14299, will raise compensation benefits for service-disabled veterans and their…”
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