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Robert C. Byrd: “The time for waiting and hoping for administration leadership on the trade front is long past.”

On the recordJanuary 21, 1986
The time for waiting and hoping for administration leadership on the trade front is long past.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
Jan 21, 1986

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Outlining Senate Democratic priorities on trade, the budget and Medicare.

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