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On the recordAugust 10, 1976
The Supplemental Security Income program and the food stamp program are both national in scope, and it should not be necessary to enact a special bill because of the situation in a particular State.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Statement on Signing a Supplemental Security Income Bill.

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