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On the recordFebruary 5, 1975
We must strike a balance between our desire for environmental protection and our need to increase domestic coal production.
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Gerald Ford
Republican · Michigan

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Letter to the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate Transmitting Proposed Surface Mining Legislation.

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