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Robert C. Byrd: “I congratulate President Bush for having the courage to say that taxes are needed. Only a fool or a knave would adhere…”

On the recordOctober 27, 1990
I congratulate President Bush for having the courage to say that taxes are needed. Only a fool or a knave would adhere to a campaign pledge while his country foundered. President Bush is neither, and he has done the right thing.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
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Oct 27, 1990

Editor's note · Context

Speaking in support of the budget agreement that includes tax increases.

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