George Bush actually said...

I am firmly convinced that any appreciable lessening of the current protections afforded to Federal civil servants by the Hatch Act will lead to the repoliticization of the civil service and of the programs it administers.

Context

Message to the House of Representatives Returning Without Approval the Hatch Act Reform Amendments of 1990

06/14/1990

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