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Michael Roth: “I will make a few comments because I have to say the vote just taken represents a sad day for America because it gives…”

On the recordOctober 29, 1999
I will make a few comments because I have to say the vote just taken represents a sad day for America because it gives the wrong signal both to our people here at home and to those who were looking forward to this legislation as a means of beginning their country on a road of success and development. I have to say there is something wrong with the way this Senate operates when a majority on both sides of the aisle, Republicans and Democrats, are in support of these significant treaties.
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Michael Roth

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Addressing the implications of a recent vote on significant treaties.

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