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Robert C. Byrd: “The administration wants to stand tall, Mr. President, but they are wearing borrowed boots.”

On the recordSeptember 22, 1987
The administration wants to stand tall, Mr. President, but they are wearing borrowed boots.
Said by
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
Sep 22, 1987

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the nation's foreign debt and the administration's economic policies.

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