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Robert C. Byrd: “A policy of confrontation will only breed further controversy. Let us all lower our voices.”

On the recordOctober 23, 1987
A policy of confrontation will only breed further controversy. Let us all lower our voices.
Said by
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Source
govinfo.gov
Oct 23, 1987

Editor's note · Context

Speaking on the Senate's role in Supreme Court nominations after the Bork nomination.

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