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On the recordSeptember 11, 1979
I'm asking the Congress to provide $1.6 billion this winter and $2.4 billion next year and thereafter to ease the burden of rising energy costs on people who most need assistance.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Hartford, Connecticut Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at the National Issue Forum of the National Retired Teachers...

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