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Lyndon Johnson: “Today we are pouring at least 130 million tons of poison into the air each year.”

On the recordNovember 20, 1967
Today we are pouring at least 130 million tons of poison into the air each year.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks Upon Signing the Air Quality Act of 1967

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