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Robert C. Byrd: “Just as Toto pulled back the curtain to expose the not-so-mighty Wizard of Oz, the curtain must be pulled back on this…”

On the recordNovember 8, 1993
Just as Toto pulled back the curtain to expose the not-so-mighty Wizard of Oz, the curtain must be pulled back on this resolution so that the American people, too, can see that it is political sorcery.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
Nov 8, 1993

Editor's note · Context

Speaking against Senate Joint Resolution 41, a proposed balanced budget constitutional amendment.

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