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Jimmy Carter: “I want to make sure that the regulations that come out of the Federal Government... are necessary, brief as possible…”

On the recordFebruary 9, 1977
I want to make sure that the regulations that come out of the Federal Government... are necessary, brief as possible, and worded in plain and simple English.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Department of the Treasury Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Department Employees

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