09/09/1976
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"Everett Dirksen was one of the finest public servants I have ever known."
"Thank you for the jobs all of you do, because I know that all of you do what we have seen at home or Betty has seen in Washington or we saw in New Hampshire."
"Betty and Jerry Ford not only like Al Cederberg, we love him."
"I can never repay you, Al, for all the many things that you did for me as minority leader and the things that you have done while I am President."