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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Aug 16, 1979

I am writing to pledge the full assistance of the Federal Government in your efforts.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Aug 15, 1979

I want to express my gratitude to Attorney General Griffin Bell, my regrets that he has decided to leave this post.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Aug 15, 1979

On the eleventh day of October, the people of the United States will honor the 200th anniversary of the death of the Polish patriot, Casimir Pulaski.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Aug 14, 1979

I am pleased that the U.S. Government can again resume a traditional leadership role in these international institutions.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Aug 14, 1979

I have asked Congress to lift the spending cap for future fiscal years, and to provide the funding that will be needed to avoid cutting benefits in fiscal years 1980 and 1981.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Aug 14, 1979

You have earned the gratitude of all Americans with your superb performance in a most difficult assignment.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Aug 14, 1979

The need for additional funding for the food stamp program is yet another signal that inflation of the price of food is increasing at an unacceptably high rate.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Aug 14, 1979

The law that I am signing today demonstrates to the world America's determination to save the great whales.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Aug 14, 1979

This inability to pay threatened the existence of programs vital to the United States in such fields as nuclear safeguards, air safety, and international health.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Aug 14, 1979

You have proven that we are sensitive to the demands for world peace and racial justice.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Aug 13, 1979

it is hereby ordered that the functions vested in the President by Sections 305(b), 4111(b), and 4112 (a) of Title 5 of the United States Code are hereby delegated to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Aug 13, 1979

The Commission shall submit its final report to the President and the Secretary of the Interior not later than September 28, 1979.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Aug 11, 1979

Each of us has a role to play in building a better society, and we must commit ourselves to that cause.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Aug 9, 1979

America lost one of the giants of the labor movement when Jacob Potofsky, the former president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, died on Sunday.

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Jimmy Carter
@jimmycarter· Democratic · GA· Aug 9, 1979

I think it would be ill-advised to terminate the construction of nuclear powerplants that have already been approved.

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