Robert Byrd: “The Senate has been the last fortress of minority rights and freedom of speech in this Republic for more than two…”

The Senate is more important than any or all of us, more important than I am, more important than the majority and minority leaders, more important than all 100 of us, more important than all of the 1,843 men and women who have served in…

I respectfully exercise my Fifth Amendment right and decline to answer.

This is a clear record. A blatant disregard for the welfare and the safety of Massey miners. Shame.

Thank you for more than 40 years of standing up for coalminers.