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Robert C. Byrd: “A rose by any other name smells just as sweet, and a filibuster by any other name is still a filibuster.”

On the recordSeptember 15, 1987
A rose by any other name smells just as sweet, and a filibuster by any other name is still a filibuster.
Said by
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
Sep 15, 1987

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Responding to delays on an amendment to the defense authorization bill.

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