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Robert C. Byrd: “This is no criticism of PAC's or people who work with PAC's or these individuals who contribute large sums. This is the…”

On the recordAugust 6, 1987
This is no criticism of PAC's or people who work with PAC's or these individuals who contribute large sums. This is the system. That is what we have to live with and if we ever are to clean it up, we have to clean it up while we are living with it.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
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Aug 6, 1987

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Arguing for campaign finance reform legislation.

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