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Gerald Ford: “I HAVE signed with considerable reluctance H.R. 14514, a bill which would permit the State of California to provide…”

On the recordAugust 10, 1976
I HAVE signed with considerable reluctance H.R. 14514, a bill which would permit the State of California to provide direct financial assistance rather than food stamps to beneficiaries of the Supplemental Security Income program in that State, under certain conditions.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Statement on Signing a Supplemental Security Income Bill.

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