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Jimmy Carter: “I decided and announced to the public that I would impose an oil conservation fee on imported oil to this country.”

On the recordJune 3, 1980
I decided and announced to the public that I would impose an oil conservation fee on imported oil to this country.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Conservation Fee on Oil Imports Remarks and a Question-and-Answer Session With Reporters

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