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Conrad Ray Burns was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Montana and later was a lobbyist. He was only the second Republican to represent Montana in the Senate since the passage in 1913 of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and was the longest-serving Republican senator in Montana history.

While in the Senate, Burns sat on the Senate Appropriations Committee and was the chairman of its Subcommittee on the Interior. He was also chairman of the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee's Communications subcommittee.



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✵ 25. January 1935 – 28. April 2016
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Famous Conrad Burns Quotes

“The Helena Independent Record, noted that "The senator has drawn attention previously for his choice of words."”

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Feb 28, 2006 http://www.helenair.com/articles/2006/02/28/montana_top/000burns.txt
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“Burns is "an accident that happens again and again and again."”

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Bob Herbert http://www.citizensforethics.org/press/pressclip.php?view=1932
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“Burns stated that "We've got to remember that the people who first hit us in 9/11 entered this country through Canada."”

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December 21, 2005 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38816-2005Apr8.html
This claim, which is false and is directly contradicted by the findings of the 9/11 Commission, drew criticism from those questioning Burns' grasp of domestic security. Canadian ambassador Frank McKenna demanded an apology from Burns.

“On February 17, 1999, while at a meeting of the Montana Implement Dealers Association in Billings, Montana, Burns referred to Arabs as "ragheads."”

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Burns later apologized.

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