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Robert C. Byrd: “The American people want us both to sit down, reason together, and work together and stop the Congress bashing, stop the…”

On the recordMarch 20, 1987
The American people want us both to sit down, reason together, and work together and stop the Congress bashing, stop the partisan sniping, and stop the fingerpointing.
Said by
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
Mar 20, 1987

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Calling on the President to work with Congress on reducing budget deficits.

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