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Tom Harkin: After a treaty is signed. And keep in mind, treaties override the Constitution of the United States. Once those…

On the recordApril 28, 1998
After a treaty is signed. And keep in mind, treaties override the Constitution of the United States. Once those decisions are made, we are going to have to meet, as the Senator from Virginia said, our moral obligations.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Discussing the implications of treaties in relation to the U.S. Constitution.

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