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Robert C. Byrd: “With the deadwood cut away and with the freeloaders removed, we would then have a foreign-aid program which we could all…”

On the recordJuly 2, 1958
With the deadwood cut away and with the freeloaders removed, we would then have a foreign-aid program which we could all conscientiously support.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
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Jul 2, 1958

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Opposing the foreign aid appropriation bill.

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