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On the recordJanuary 29, 1977
We need to do it, because every iota of energy saved... can be used to keep people on their jobs.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

Editor's note · Context

The Energy Shortage Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at the Westinghouse Plant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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