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On the recordJune 11, 1980
This bill provides the enforcement powers that the Nation's Fair Housing Act needs, and I hope the Senate will quickly approve it.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Fair Housing Amendment of 1980 Statement on House Passage of the Legislation.

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