Jimmy Carter actually said...

The people of our Nation owe a debt of thanks to the Members of the United States Senate for their courageous action taken today in voting for the Panama Canal Neutrality Treaty.

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Panama Canal Treaties Remarks on Senate Ratification of the Neutrality Treaty

03/15/1978

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