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On the recordAugust 17, 1965
This administration hopes to provide the leadership for an environment that is free of the contamination which pollutes the water that we drink and the air that we breathe.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Swearing In of Dr. John W. Gardner as Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.

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