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Jimmy Carter: I'm trying to get the Congress to pass a permanent windfall profits tax on the oil companies.

On the recordJuly 15, 1979
I'm trying to get the Congress to pass a permanent windfall profits tax on the oil companies.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Detroit, Michigan Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session at the Annual Convention of the Communications Workers of America

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