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On the recordDecember 22, 1974
But we must not allow this simple fact to result in new legislation which violates the fundamental principle that electricity should be priced to reflect its cost of production, including the cost of pollution abatement and control.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Memorandum of Disapproval of Tennessee Valley Authority Legislation

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