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Robert C. Byrd: “It is time to tear up our national credit card, and it is time for some truth in budgeting.”

On the recordJune 24, 1987
It is time to tear up our national credit card, and it is time for some truth in budgeting.
Said by
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
Jun 24, 1987

Editor's note · Context

Speaking on borrowing, interest on the public debt and the President's budget.

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