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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release July 1, 1996

                       TEXT OF A LETTER FROM
                  THE PRESIDENT TO THE SPEAKER OF
                  THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND
                    THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE

July 1, 1996

Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:)

Today, I have proclaimed a State of Emergency due to the extended drought in the Southwest, and other natural disasters in feed grain-producing areas of the United States. The proclamation of a State of Emergency will permit the Secretary of Agriculture ("Secretary") to release feed grain supplies from the Disaster Reserve to assist livestock producers that have been greatly harmed by the drought. The Secretary has prepared a plan that would implement the disposition of the feed grain supplies from the Disaster Reserve.

Sincerely,

WILLIAM J. CLINTON

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