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On the recordJuly 14, 1965
But I also want you to know that I don't want a penny more than is necessary spent to do this, and I am absolutely certain that a growth in budget expenditures at the rate indicated is neither necessary nor inevitable.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks to Members of Federal Agency Task Forces on Cost Reduction.

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