02/13/1976
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"Action be taken immediately by the Congress."
"We need a program that will make us invulnerable to the possibility of foreign oil embargoes or any other action."
"This proclamation that I am about to sign is the first step down the long and difficult road toward regaining our energy freedom."
"I promised at the very beginning of my Administration to be President of all the people, and I am keeping that pledge."