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Robert C. Byrd: “Can't we all end the brinkmanship, the petty squabbling, the endless playing for political advantage, the irresponsible…”

On the recordMay 6, 1992
Can't we all end the brinkmanship, the petty squabbling, the endless playing for political advantage, the irresponsible immaturity of each of us insisting on getting exactly his own way?
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
May 6, 1992

Editor's note · Context

Urging passage of a rescissions bill cutting Defense Department inventory waste.

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