On the recordJuly 25, 1997
I am not out to kill the treaty. But what I was out to say--and the reason I got behind this effort--was to send a message to the administration that if the Senate is not included in the takeoff, if the Senate is not included at the beginning, if the Senate is intended to be shut out of doing its constitutional responsibility of advising as well as consenting in making a treaty, then count me out. If you want to really kill this treaty, abide by the Berlin Mandate and let the developing countries off the hook until some future time. That is what will surely kill the treaty, and I will join in stabbing it in the heart, if that is the case. If that treaty comes back here and the developing countries are left off the hook, count me in on the assassination of the treaty. It will be done in public view. It won't be behind a bush.
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