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Jimmy Carter: “I have been advised by the Secretary of Agriculture that there is a substantial deficit in the domestic supply of…”

On the recordDecember 3, 1980
I have been advised by the Secretary of Agriculture that there is a substantial deficit in the domestic supply of peanuts.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Proclamation 4807—Modification of Import Controls on Peanuts

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