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Robert C. Byrd: “We must not rub salt into the wounds that have been opened. Let us act like men and women, adults, not like warring…”

On the recordMarch 9, 1989
We must not rub salt into the wounds that have been opened. Let us act like men and women, adults, not like warring children in a sandlot football game.
Said by
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
Mar 9, 1989

Editor's note · Context

Speaking after the Senate's handling of the Tower nomination for Secretary of Defense.

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