There is no excuse-and we should call a spade a spade-for chemical companies and oil refineries using our … - Lyndon B. Johnson

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Lyndon B. Johnson

There is no excuse-and we should call a spade a spade-for chemical companies and oil refineries using our major rivers as pipelines for toxic waste. There is no excuse for communities to use other people's rivers as a dump for their raw sewage.

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I'm a powerful S. O. B. , you know that?

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