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Robert C. Byrd: “I know that this trade legislation will not automatically solve all the problems of American domestic life, nor all the…”

On the recordSeptember 19, 1962
I know that this trade legislation will not automatically solve all the problems of American domestic life, nor all the problems of our international relations. But it is a tool that we cannot afford to neglect.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
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Sep 19, 1962

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Supporting trade legislation to bargain with the Common Market.

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