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Robert C. Byrd: “The very worst thing we can do is to be panicked into doing nothing.”

On the recordNovember 5, 1987
The very worst thing we can do is to be panicked into doing nothing.
Said by
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
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Nov 5, 1987

Editor's note · Context

Urging completion of the trade bill after the stock market crash.

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