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Jimmy Carter: I have been committed to the vigorous enforcement of the Fourteenth Amendment to our Constitution and of our civil…

On the recordDecember 12, 1980
I have been committed to the vigorous enforcement of the Fourteenth Amendment to our Constitution and of our civil rights laws.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Message to the House of Representatives Returning H.R. 7584 Without Approval

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