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Jimmy Carter: I want Congress to give me the authority to require utility companies to cut in half their use of oil and to switch to…

On the recordJuly 30, 1979
I want Congress to give me the authority to require utility companies to cut in half their use of oil and to switch to other fuels, especially coal.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Louisville, Kentucky Remarks Following a Tour of the Cane Run Generating Station of the Louisville Gas & Electric...

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