In his third prime-time address to the American people, on election night, 1977, Carter talks about his energy policy, currently being debated in both House and Senate committees; cites startling facts, e.g., two years of food exports pay for only one year of oil imports; tells of canceling his overseas trip to see his legislation through; says the Japanese, British, Germans and French have all cut oil imports while U.S. imports have gone up by 40 percent; will offer economic incentives to the oil industry only for new oil; asks each American family to conserve. With reporter Bob Schieffer.
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