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Robert C. Byrd was a prominent Democratic politician who served as a U.S. Senator from West Virginia from 1959 until his death in 2010. He was known for his long tenure in the Senate, where he held various leadership positions, including Senate Majority Leader. Byrd was a strong advocate for the interests of his state, focusing on issues such as healthcare, defense, and infrastructure. His legislative efforts included promoting efficiency in defense acquisitions and improving health benefits for servicemembers through programs like TRICARE. Byrd's influence extended beyond West Virginia, as he played a significant role in shaping national policy during his time in office.
I have said before and I say again, and I hope to repeat it over and over, that what is morally wrong can never be politically right. Each and every grave of our honored war dead is a monumental protest against Red China's case for U. N…
When I was younger and going to school, studying civics and trying to learn history, we were taught that foreign policy was something designed to protect the honor of the Nation and advance its legitimate national interests. Are we to…
What evil influence is at work that such a preposterous proposition as admitting Red China to the United Nations is even a subject for serious debate? Talk about arming a burglar to rob your house.
At the cost of painful disillusionment, we have come to the realization that wishing for peace isn't enough. Peace does not come by wishing for it, and let us once and for all come to the understanding that the absence of shooting does not…
Certainly appeasement is not the answer. We know from bitter experience that appeasement only begets greater demands. The appetites of the tyrant are insatiable.
America is the arsenal of the free world, and coal is the foundation of our whole productive strength. We know of the importance of coal during a time of war, and how it would be impossible to get our military machine into high gear…
One third of the world's population now stands in the Communist camp, and the enemy is gaining. None of us can afford to forget, even for a moment, that their ultimate objective is to defeat and destroy democratic, imperialistic, and…
The effort to extend the Communist domain goes on unendingly, day and night; not only in the aggressive search for territory and raw materials, but also for the souls and minds of mankind. This reality we must have ever before us if we, in…
Mr. Chairman, we are links in a vital chain, charged with high duty both to the dead and the unborn.
We must trade with our neighbors and we must work with them in an honorable manner if we expect to get along with them.
I am a believer in the principles underlying world trade and reciprocal trade. They are sound.
Cheap foreign residual entering the American ports in quantity results in depressed prices for residual oil domestically produced and depressed prices for coal from eastern fields which must meet the competition of foreign residual or get…
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