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Robert C. Byrd: “We ought to examine this request line by line and see if the high-minded rhetoric coming out of the White House matches…”

On the recordSeptember 22, 2003
We ought to examine this request line by line and see if the high-minded rhetoric coming out of the White House matches its proposal.
Said by
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
congress.gov
Sep 22, 2003

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Senator Byrd calls for thorough examination of the President's funding request.

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