December 22, 1977
The President appreciates the hard work and good faith effort by many Members of the Congress and the conference committees to produce a fair and effective National Energy Plan.
However, today's decision to adjourn until January 23 is in his opinion "regrettable." He would like to emphasize that our energy problems "will not go away between now and January 23. They will simply continue to get worse."
Jimmy Carter, National Energy Plan White House Statement on Congressional Action. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/242614