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Ed Markey: I am not confident that I can support this agreement. I think it needs additional strengthening if we are going to be…

On the recordMay 11, 2015
I am not confident that I can support this agreement. I think it needs additional strengthening if we are going to be confident that the policy that we have right now does not help China far, far more than it is going to harm the long-term nuclear and ballistic missile nonproliferation agenda.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey expresses doubt about supporting a new agreement with China due to proliferation concerns.

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