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Robert C. Byrd: “I would not be worth my salt if I did not attempt to represent the people of West Virginia, but I am also thinking of…”

On the recordJune 18, 1991
I would not be worth my salt if I did not attempt to represent the people of West Virginia, but I am also thinking of the Nation.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
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Jun 18, 1991

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Defending domestic discretionary spending on infrastructure.

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