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George H.W. Bush: “The ADA works because it calls upon the best in the American people, and then Americans respond.”

On the recordJuly 25, 1991
The ADA works because it calls upon the best in the American people, and then Americans respond.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Remarks Commemorating the First Anniversary of the Signing of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990

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