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Gerald Ford: For the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare alone my Budget requests over $2.2 billion to pursue new scientific…

On the recordMarch 21, 1976
For the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare alone my Budget requests over $2.2 billion to pursue new scientific opportunities relating to cancer, heart and lung disease, arthritis, diabetes, and behavioral disturbances.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Special Message to the Congress Urging Approval of 1977 Budget Requests and the Creation of an Office of Science and...

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