Gerald Ford actually said...

I do not believe that we need yet another Federal bureaucracy in Washington, with its attendant costs of $60 million for the first three years and hundreds of additional Federal employees.

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Letter to Congressional Committee Chairmen on Consumer Protection

04/16/1975

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