05/16/1977
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"I call upon the Congress to pass without delay the rail deregulation proposal to break the strangulation of outmoded, unnecessary economic regulations."
"The purpose of this action is to get the trains rolling again in a matter of days and to start moving grain that has already been piling up in the large areas of the Midwest served by the Rock Island ..."
"I urge the people of the United States to observe the week of October 14, 1979, as National School Lunch Week."
"It is inconceivable that the Congress would allow the Panama Canal to be closed even for a short time."