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

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
Democratic · New York

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