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Jimmy Carter: “The severity of the present emergency will be significantly reduced if Americans respond to my request of January 21 to…”

On the recordJanuary 25, 1977
The severity of the present emergency will be significantly reduced if Americans respond to my request of January 21 to turn down their thermostats to 65° in the daytime and lower at night.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Natural Gas Legislation Letter to the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate.

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