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Gerald Ford: “While I am sympathetic to Mrs. Hester's circumstances, S. 3790 unfortunately contains two precedent-setting provisions…”

On the recordOctober 11, 1976
While I am sympathetic to Mrs. Hester's circumstances, S. 3790 unfortunately contains two precedent-setting provisions which I consider very undesirable.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Memorandum of Disapproval of the Bill Providing for the Relief of Camilla A. Hester.

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