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On the recordApril 23, 1997
He also said the intelligence community says, ``They have never found anything that is successfully hidden.'' I do not know how many of you are golfers. That is like saying you cannot sink a putt if it is short. Obviously, a putt will not go in if it does not get to the hole. Obviously, you cannot uncover something that is successfully hidden. The last point I would make is the chemical industry, the outfit that represents the bulk of the chemical industry has strongly endorsed this treaty. I am just responding to the last point that the chemical industry is the target. The chemical industry, coincidentally, is for this treaty.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the endorsement of a treaty by the chemical industry during a Senate debate.

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