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Robert C. Byrd: “I believe the Congress, the great legislative body of the people, has kept faith with the basic aspirations of our…”

On the recordDecember 18, 1987
I believe the Congress, the great legislative body of the people, has kept faith with the basic aspirations of our constituents; namely, to secure America's interests in the world, to protect our citizens from the unexpected and the dangerous, and to build for the future.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
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govinfo.gov
Dec 18, 1987

Editor's note · Context

Reviewing the work of Congress during the year of the Constitution's bicentennial.

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