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Harry Truman: The budget that I sent to the Congress was the budget that I thought was absolutely necessary.

On the recordAugust 31, 1949
The budget that I sent to the Congress was the budget that I thought was absolutely necessary.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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