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Harry Flood Byrd: “You do not need to reconsider something 95 to nothing. Not that many are going to change.”

On the recordFebruary 9, 1994
You do not need to reconsider something 95 to nothing. Not that many are going to change.
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Harry Flood Byrd
Virginia

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Senator Byrd is discussing the overwhelming support for a decision.

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