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Harry Flood Byrd: “May I say to my friend from Virginia, Mr. Warner--and he is my friend and he is a very distinguished Senator--I should…”

On the recordFebruary 9, 1994
May I say to my friend from Virginia, Mr. Warner--and he is my friend and he is a very distinguished Senator--I should think that this would be one of the things that the task force would want to consider, and its recommendations would include something along the line that the distinguished Senator from Virginia is thinking of. That would be my hope. I think that is one of the purposes of the task force, and why the task force is being pressed by the amendments in this bill.
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Harry Flood Byrd
Virginia

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Senator Byrd discusses the role of a task force in relation to amendments in a bill.

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