05/22/1977
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"This historic agreement represents a long-overdue step toward the creation of a truly national market for natural gas."
"The most pressing problem facing this Nation is inflation."
"We've had remarkable success in the last 16 months in dealing with the very severe problem that we faced at the beginning of last year on massive unemployment in our country."
"In the last 16 months we've seen a net increase of 5 1/2 million jobs, an almost unprecedented achievement."