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Cord Byrd: “We are told in the Scripture: A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. The words by Conrad…”

On the recordOctober 17, 2001
We are told in the Scripture: A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. The words by Conrad Burns, my distinguished colleague, have been fitly spoken. Again, I thank him.
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Cord Byrd
Florida

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Praising a colleague's remarks during a Senate floor speech.

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