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Cord Byrd: “I feel very deeply that as long as we have a Senate in which there is unlimited debate, the liberties of the American…”

On the recordJanuary 4, 1995
I feel very deeply that as long as we have a Senate in which there is unlimited debate, the liberties of the American people will always be protected. I think that we change that rule at our peril, and at the peril of the liberties of the American people.
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Cord Byrd
Florida

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Discussing the importance of unlimited debate in the Senate and its impact on American liberties.

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