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On the recordMarch 10, 1976
I do not endorse any policy which requires the Federal Government to pay the entire cost of work to improve dam safety in all situations involving modifications to federally built dams.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Statement on Signing the Reclamation Authorization Act of 1975

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