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On the recordJanuary 3, 1975
I HAVE today vetoed H.R. 11897, a bill which would name the United States Courthouse and Federal Office Building in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the 'President Gerald R. Ford Federal Office Building.'
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Memorandum of Disapproval of a Bill To Name a Federal Building in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for the President.

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