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The original documents are located in Box 38, "9/7/76 - Remarks Upon Signing H.R. 12455:
Day Care Bill" of the President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald
R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box 38 of President's Speeches and Statements: Reading Copies at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
SIGNING OF DAY CARE BILL
SEPTEMBER 7, 1976
ENSURING ADEQUATE DAY CARE FOR CHILDREN IS AN
IMPORTANT SOCIAL SERVICE
IT PROTECTS THE WELL-BEING
OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN CHILDREN
AND THE ECONOMIC
INDEPENDENCE OF THEIR WORKING PARENTS
EARLIER THIS YEAR I VETOED A BILL ON CHILD DAY CARE
NOT BECAUSE I DISAGREED WITH ITS GOALS
BUT BECAUSE
THAT BILL WAS THE WRONG MEANS TO A WORTHWHILE END
sign
TODAY
I
A NEW AND BETTER CHILD DAY-CARE
BILL
THE RESULT OF COMPROMISE_AN COOPERATION BETWEEN
THE CONGRESS AND MY ADMINISTRATION.
THIS NEW AND BETTER BILL EMBODIES A MAJOR COMPROMISE
ON A KEY ISSUE WHICH LED TO MY ORIGINAL VETO
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STATES AND LOCALITIES WILL BE SPARED THE HEAVY BURDEN
OF COSTLY AND CONTROVERSIAL FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR
CHILD DAY-CARE SERVICES
IN A DIFFERENT AREA OF SOCIAL SERVICE,
HAPPY
TO SEE THIS BILL ALSO ADOPTS A CONCEPT SUPPORTED BY
MANY OLDER AMERICANS AND CONTAINED IN MY FEDERAL
ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES PROPOSAL
UNDER THIS
BILL, OLDER PERSONS AND FAMILIES WHO OBVIOUSLY QUALIFY
FOR FEDERALLY ASSISTED SOCIAL SERVICES WILL BE ABLE TO GET
THOSE SERVICES
WITHOUT A DEMEANING SCRUTINY OF THEIR
PERSONAL AFFAIRS
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STILL HAVE SOME RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE BILL
This
I AM SIGNING TODAY
BUT HT IS A BETTER BILL THAN THE
It's
ONE WHICH FIRST CROSSED MY DESK
IT IS A BETTER BILL
BECAUSE MY VETO EXERTED A BALANC ING INFLUENCE ON THE
CONGRESS.
WITHOUT THIS CONSTITUTIONAL CHECK AND
BALANCE
THE ORIGINAL BILL MIGHT NOW BE LAW AND MAKING
DAY CARE SERVICES MORE COSTLY TO THE TAXPAYER
AND
INCREASING THE FEDERAL INTRUSION IN FAMILY LIFE
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THROUGHOUT MY ADMINISTRATION, THE CONSTITUTIONAL
browbeen by me + my preducers
VETO POWER HAS BEEN USED WITH
ONLY
ONE CONCERN IN MIND
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TO PROTECT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FROM UNREALISTIC RESPONSES
TO THEIR VERY REAL NEEDS
TO SEE THAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT DOES NOT MERELY SERVE THE PEOPLE, BUT SERVES
THEM WELL
END OF TEXT
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replAced
STATES AND LOCALITIES WILL BE SPARED THE HEAVY BURDEN
OF COSTLY AND CONTROVERSIAL FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR
CHILD DAY-CARE SERVICES.
IN A DIFFERENT AREA OF SOCIAL SERVICE, I AM HAPPY
TO SEE THIS BILL ALSO ADOPTS A CONCEPT SUPPORTED BY
MANY OLDER AMERICANS AND CONTAINED IN MY FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES PROPOSAL
UNDER THIS
BILL, OLDER PERSONS AND FAMILIES WHO OBVIOUSLY QUALIFY
FOR FEDERALLY ASSISTED SOCIAL SERVICES WILL BE ABLE TO GET
THOSE SERVICES
WITHOUT A DEMEANING SCRUTINY OF THEIR
PERSONAL AFFAIRS