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Cord Byrd: “It takes guts to vote against it because the great majority of the American people have been bamboozled about this…”

On the recordFebruary 12, 1997
It takes guts to vote against it because the great majority of the American people have been bamboozled about this amendment. They support this, and they are very much in favor of it. So it takes guts to vote against it. Why does the distinguished Senator think, No. 1, that we are going to be any better at our estimates once this amendment is adopted than we have been in the past? That is No. 1. Then he talks about--he said something to the effect that once we get this amendment in place, as I understood he was saying to the effect that we will not be able to find ways around it, or some such.
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Cord Byrd
Florida

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Discussing the implications of a proposed amendment during Senate debate.

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