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Jimmy Carter: This agreement will at least give the families of the area... the financial freedom to pack up and leave if they choose…

On the recordSeptember 30, 1980
This agreement will at least give the families of the area... the financial freedom to pack up and leave if they choose to do so.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Remarks on Signing the West Valley Demonstration Project Act and the Love Canal Agreement in Niagara Falls, New York

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