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Robert C. Byrd: “Let us vote to uphold the right of the people of this country to know because, after all, it is their sons, it is their…”

On the recordAugust 12, 1986
Let us vote to uphold the right of the people of this country to know because, after all, it is their sons, it is their daughters, and it is their tax dollars earned in the sweat of their brow.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
Aug 12, 1986

Editor's note · Context

Supporting an amendment barring secret aid to the Nicaraguan Contras.

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