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Robert C. Byrd: “Mr. President, I may be crying my message in the wilderness, but I believe that we in this Chamber have a responsibility…”

On the recordSeptember 18, 1990
Mr. President, I may be crying my message in the wilderness, but I believe that we in this Chamber have a responsibility to call attention to those matters in our country that need attention, and I hope that someone will heed my outrage before the medium of television itself is beyond self reform and self correction.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
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Sep 18, 1990

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Criticizing television programming and its sponsors.

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