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On the recordFebruary 23, 1994
if I may take a couple minutes before my friend from New York leaves the floor, I congratulate him, I salute him, I greatly admire him. I think he has contributed enormously to the debate, and I look forward to the hour and the day when he will return to the floor and discuss the matter of Social Security, about which he has had so much to do over the years and throughout several administrations. May I ask the distinguished Senator from New York, with respect to monetizing the debt, at the end of World War II, was not the debt more than 100 percent----
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Harry Flood Byrd
Virginia

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Senator Byrd is addressing a colleague regarding contributions to the Social Security debate.

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