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On the recordOctober 28, 1974
I urge the Congress to approve my request for rescission and deferral of funds already approved by Congress for certain reclamation projects to make certain we stay within the $300 billion budget for fiscal 1975.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Statement on Signing the Reclamation Development Act of 1974.

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