01/12/2000
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"The Agreement will help to ensure that the harvesting of fish by vessels of other nations in waters beyond our exclusive economic zone does not undermine our domestic management of fisheries within U...."
"The Agreement represents a considerable achievement for the United States in promoting better stewardship of living marine resources."
"Let us rekindle our commitment to the cause of peace among all the peoples of the Earth."
"I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration to the Agreement and give its advice and consent to its ratification."