Remarks to the National Association of Towns and Townships
09/05/1991
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My job is to make decisions. And his job is to help explain those decisions to the press corps and the American people.
Taxpayers don't need to be paying for certain of these expenses on behalf of the energy companies.
First thing is to make sure that the American consumers are treated fairly at the gas pump.
I fully understand the challenge I face, as the commander in chief, to describe to the American people why the sacrifice is worth it.