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Article: Message to the House of Representatives returning without approval the 'Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998.'.(Transcript)
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- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
- Article date:
- October 26, 1998
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October 21, 1998
To the House of Representatives:
I am returning herewith without my approve H.R. 1757, the "Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998".
I take this action for several reasons, most importantly, because the Congress has included in this legislation unacceptable restrictions on international family planning programs and threatened our leadership in the world community by tying our payment of dues to the United Nations and other international organizations to these unrelated family planning issues.
Current law, with which Administration policy is fully consistent, already prohibits the use of Federal funds to ...