On the recordOctober 23, 1987
It is time to start the healing. I urge the President to back away from a policy of defiance. And I urge we all back away from a policy of recrimination and retaliation.
Robert C. Byrd: “It is time to start the healing. I urge the President to back away from a policy of defiance. And I urge we all back…”
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Speaking after the Senate's handling of the Bork Supreme Court nomination about the next nominee.
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Feb 16, 2005
Why should Congress not have some limitations on this? It is the taxpayers' money.
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I hope that wherever you can share your views, you will, because it's pretty easy in history to see this.
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I cannot support this item unless there are some limitations on it, unless Congress can exercise its power over the purse, as the Constitution provides.
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