On the recordSeptember 29, 1983
Mr. President, we are not haggling over a parochial institutional matter. We are demanding that there be a consensus in this country when we send our young men and women abroad to fight and die.
Robert C. Byrd: “Mr. President, we are not haggling over a parochial institutional matter. We are demanding that there be a consensus in…”
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Opposing an agreement on applying the War Powers Resolution that would allow 18 more months of U.S. troop deployment.
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