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Robert C. Byrd: “Some of us may not live so long as to witness and enjoy the full fruits of our labor and wisdom, but I hope that we…”

On the recordSeptember 7, 1977
Some of us may not live so long as to witness and enjoy the full fruits of our labor and wisdom, but I hope that we shall work in such a fashion that our posterity will acknowledge that we acted responsibly in the Senate of the 95th Congress to insure that our sons and daughters were enabled better to enjoy the continued prosperity and privileges of life in the United States.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
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Sep 7, 1977

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Speaking on the Senate's deliberations on energy legislation.

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