FDR: “The Congress acted upon that recommendation and today we have the…”

On the recordJanuary 15, 1939

The Congress acted upon that recommendation and today we have the Social Security Act in effect throughout the length and breadth of our country.

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Democratic · New York

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Transmittal to Congress of a Report of the Social Security Board

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