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Robert C. Byrd: “I think it is time that we move the Senate into the 20th century before we reach the 21st.”

On the recordFebruary 5, 1986
I think it is time that we move the Senate into the 20th century before we reach the 21st.
Said by
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
Feb 5, 1986

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Discussing televising Senate proceedings and Senate rules changes.

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