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On the recordNovember 4, 1979
I will try to do a good job working with Charlie Duncan to justify your confidence in us and present to you a rationing program that will be acceptable, adequate, fair, and which would bring joy to the eyes of all of us.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Remarks on Signing Into Law the Emergency Energy Conservation Act of 1979

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