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Gerald Ford: “This bill adds no new costs or no new bureaucracy. It is supported by the National Governors' Association. I remind my…”

On the recordJuly 23, 1996
This bill adds no new costs or no new bureaucracy. It is supported by the National Governors' Association. I remind my colleagues on the other side, there are 31 Republican Governors. It is supported by the U.S. Catholic Conference, the National Conference of State Legislatures, the American Public Welfare Association. To say we can use funds from title XX, title XX is money for homebound elderly. It has not been increased since 1991. This makes the Governors make a choice between homebound elderly and the poorest of our children. It is just bad policy. Mr. President, let us give the Governors the flexibility they have asked for, they worked hard for. We give them responsibility. Let us not tell them how to operate.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan
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Discussing a bill related to funding and flexibility for state governors.

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