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Robert C. Byrd: “I hope that the President's speech Friday will recognize that we do not have an economic right-indeed any right-to…”

On the recordJuly 1, 1987
I hope that the President's speech Friday will recognize that we do not have an economic right-indeed any right-to saddle future generations with a mountain of debt.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
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Jul 1, 1987

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Speaking on the budget and the federal deficit.

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