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On the recordJanuary 29, 1977
Our country still wastes more energy that could be saved than the total amount we import.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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

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