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Pete Domenici: I would like to say that the United States should be quite pleased today that we have a new relationship growing between…

On the recordJuly 24, 2001
I would like to say that the United States should be quite pleased today that we have a new relationship growing between the Republic of Mexico and the United States. It is obvious everywhere you go in Mexico with everyone you talk to, and with everyone you talk to in the border States, that the arrival of President Fox has brought a whole new attitude between these two great countries. For instance, in the 29 years or so that I have been here, there have been four Presidents of Mexico, but not a single one was willing to say that the economic problems of Mexico are not America's problems, and we have to solve our own.
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Pete Domenici

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Discussing U.S.-Mexico relations and the impact of President Fox during Senate debate.

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