Jimmy Carter actually said...

These tax credits will encourage the development and use of new energy technologies and add significantly to our independence from foreign sources of petroleum.

Context

Oil Import Reduction Program Letter to the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate Transmitting Tax Initiative...

07/26/1979

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