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Gerald Ford: “Current economic conditions require extra care to assure that Federal spending is held to the minimum levels necessary.”

On the recordSeptember 19, 1974
Current economic conditions require extra care to assure that Federal spending is held to the minimum levels necessary.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Special Message to the Congress Transmitting Budget Deferrals and Proposed Rescissions

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