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Robert C. Byrd: “I expressed my suspicions concerning the word 'flexibility' at that time, and as I sit here, I must ask you.”

On the recordMarch 27, 2003
I expressed my suspicions concerning the word 'flexibility' at that time, and as I sit here, I must ask you.
Said by
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
congress.gov
Mar 27, 2003

Editor's note · Context

Senator Byrd questions the use of the term 'flexibility' in budget discussions.

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