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On the recordAugust 9, 1965
This measure votes 'no' on 'America the Ugly'--and it votes 'yes' on preserving, for our posterity, 'America the Beautiful.'
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Signing of the Housing and Urban Development Act

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