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Harry Flood Byrd: “Only God--only God--and He is not being called upon in this debate, He is not going to be asked by the courts----”

On the recordFebruary 23, 1994
Only God--only God--and He is not being called upon in this debate, He is not going to be asked by the courts----
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Harry Flood Byrd
Virginia

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Senator Byrd discusses the limitations of estimating certain outcomes in legislative debates.

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