OPENING THE RECORD
Government on this dateJanuary 2, 1983
PEOPLE & OFFICES
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U.S. Senator
Rudolph Eli Boschwitz
Minnesota
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U.S. Representative
David Reece Bowen
Mississippi · District 2
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U.S. Senator
William Warren Bradley
New Jersey
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U.S. Representative
John B. Breaux
Louisiana · District 7
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U.S. Representative
Jack Thomas Brinkley
Georgia · District 3
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U.S. Representative
William McNulty Brodhead
Michigan · District 17
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U.S. Representative
Jack Bascom Brooks
Texas · District 9
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U.S. Representative
William S. Broomfield
Michigan · District 19
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U.S. Representative
Clarence J. Brown Jr.
Ohio · District 7
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U.S. Representative
George Hanks Brown
Colorado · District 4
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U.S. Representative
George E. Brown Jr.
California · District 36
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U.S. Representative
James Thomas Broyhill
North Carolina · District 10
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U.S. Senator
Dale Bumpers
Arkansas
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U.S. Senator
Quentin Northrup Burdick
North Dakota
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U.S. Representative
Clair Walter Burgener
California · District 43
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U.S. Representative
John Lowell Burton
California · District 5
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U.S. Representative
Phillip Burton
California · District 6
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U.S. Representative
Manley Caldwell Butler
Virginia · District 6
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U.S. Senator
Harry Flood Byrd Jr.
Virginia
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U.S. Senator
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
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U.S. Representative
Beverly Barton Butcher Byron
Maryland · District 6
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U.S. Representative
Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr.
South Carolina · District 4
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U.S. Senator
Howard Walter Cannon
Nevada
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U.S. Representative
Gregory Wright Carman
New York · District 3
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