On the recordOctober 17, 1990
We are passing on this tremendous debt and these deficits to the children and grandchildren who are not even knocking yet, knocking at the gates. They are being unheard of and unthought of.
Robert C. Byrd: “We are passing on this tremendous debt and these deficits to the children and grandchildren who are not even knocking…”
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Speaking on the deficit reduction package and the burden of debt on future generations.
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