FDR: “Now if Congress wants to do it, 100 percent of the responsibility is…”

On the recordJune 24, 1943

Now if Congress wants to do it, 100 percent of the responsibility is going to be on the Congress.

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FDR: “Now if Congress wants to do it, 100 percent of the responsibility is going to be on the Congress.”