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Robert C. Byrd: “After years of pouring out our money we are confronted with a surging tide of resentment against America, attacks upon…”

On the recordJuly 2, 1958
After years of pouring out our money we are confronted with a surging tide of resentment against America, attacks upon our motives and our integrity, and the insulting indictment that we are suckers. Any resemblance between these gigantic giveaways and foreign policy is purely coincidental.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
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Jul 2, 1958

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Speaking against the foreign-aid program.

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