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Robert C. Byrd: “I say to my colleagues, the cold war is over, it is finished. It is now time to look to the needs of our own people, to…”

On the recordApril 20, 1993
I say to my colleagues, the cold war is over, it is finished. It is now time to look to the needs of our own people, to help alleviate their suffering and to put them back to work.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
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Apr 20, 1993

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Debating deficit spending and the administration's economic proposals.

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