05/23/1979
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"I think that the new desire of American people to both produce cars and to buy the kind that we are making now is a healthy thing for the future."
"This agreement will at least give the families of the area... the financial freedom to pack up and leave if they choose to do so."
"Today I have signed the Energy and Water Development Appropriation Act, 1981."
"The American automobile industry does not intend to relinquish to the Japanese or anyone else any part of the automobile production scheme in this Nation."