12/12/1974
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"As President, I look forward to working with John during the 94th Congress."
"Under my plan, of course, the States will get a refund for any added energy costs, if the Congress acts."
"We need a program that will make us invulnerable to the possibility of foreign oil embargoes or any other action."
"Under the proclamation which I signed, the New England States are given a better break than the across-the-board imposition of the $1-per-barrel tax."