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Cord Byrd: “Well, Madam President, I came up, I suppose, at a time when political correctness did not make any difference. As far as…”

On the recordMay 14, 1997
Well, Madam President, I came up, I suppose, at a time when political correctness did not make any difference. As far as I am concerned, it does not make any difference yet. And the pronoun ``he'' is inclusive. It was inclusive when I was a boy; it was inclusive when I became a man. It still is inclusive of the female. So I would not worry too much about that.
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Cord Byrd
Florida

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Discussing the concept of political correctness and the use of pronouns.

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