“That is now a matter for FIFA.”
“Why is it outrageous as a Democrat to call Platner the piece of shit that he’s always been? I mean, like this isn’t radical ideas here.”
“Because what we’re not going to do is we’re never going to allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon because we know they will use it.”
“You know, I made the math possible for a majority in ’26. The people that pushed that garbage now just made that now more unlikely.”
“Eliminate the penny, plug the nickel, and make some commemorative gold coins nobody can afford.”

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On the recordSeptember 22, 2003
Would you supply for the record how much we are paying other countries, and what countries and how much to each, to contribute troops to fighting in Afghanistan?
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Robert C. Byrd
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Senator Byrd requests detailed information on payments to foreign troops.

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