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Andrea Joy Campbell: “I rise to make a matter of legislative history what those amendments were and why I offered them, why I believe our…”

On the recordMarch 11, 1997
I rise to make a matter of legislative history what those amendments were and why I offered them, why I believe our colleagues on the Committee on International Relations accepted them, and why I hope today our colleagues on the floor of the House of Representatives will vote in favor of them. The first deals with section 5, clause b(4)(d), and in it we deal with the provisions that the Secretary of State is to include in her report regarding the compliance of the new autonomous region, with our expectations, and I think the world's expectations, on economic behavior.
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Andrea Joy Campbell
Massachusetts

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Discussing amendments related to the compliance of a new autonomous region during House debate.

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