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Jimmy Carter: “The Congress has been helpful to some degree, but there is still some old, ancient, pork barrel-type legislation that…”

On the recordAugust 10, 1978
The Congress has been helpful to some degree, but there is still some old, ancient, pork barrel-type legislation that really costs a lot of money and wastes a lot of money.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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