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Joe Courtney: “It is really, you know, way past time for us to become a full participant.”

On the recordMarch 9, 2021
It is really, you know, way past time for us to become a full participant.
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Joe Courtney
Democratic · Connecticut

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Courtney argues for the U.S. to fully participate in UNCLOS.

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