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On the recordJanuary 23, 1966
We have tried since the beginning of this fiscal year to get the managers of our Government to reduce expenditures wherever they possibly could, to eliminate what we thought could be termed 'fat' programs that were obsolete or outmoded.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks Upon Signing the Budget Message for Fiscal Year 1967.

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