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Gerald Ford: “I regret to tell you that the Congress has not sent to my desk this spending limitation.”

On the recordOctober 18, 1974
I regret to tell you that the Congress has not sent to my desk this spending limitation.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Remarks at Spartanburg, South Carolina

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