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On the recordJuly 26, 2021
Yet at the same time, the international instrument that at least my Bureau is responsible for, the Biological Weapons Convention, is the least institutionalized, least developed, and in many ways least significant of the many nonproliferation regime out there.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware

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Coons critiques the Biological Weapons Convention's lack of development compared to other nonproliferation efforts.

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That is correct, in my view, reading of the plain language of the 22nd Amendment.

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I think it’s, yes, absolutely. I very much agree with what you’re trying to do there, Senator.

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