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On the recordNovember 30, 2015
Sixty times we have gone through this, and still I am not sure we really recognize the long history of these treaties, compliance and noncompliance over a long, long period of time, dating back to Ronald Reagan and the question of enforcement at that time of the treaties.
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California

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Garamendi reflects on the history and challenges of treaty compliance over decades.

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