On the recordOctober 12, 1976
I am willing to say no, not only by exercising the Presidential veto but by calling for positive, imaginative alternatives to government by Washington decree.
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presidency.ucsb.eduGerald Ford: “I am willing to say no, not only by exercising the Presidential veto but by calling for positive, imaginative…”
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Remarks in Yonkers, New York, Upon Signing the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Amendments of 1976
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