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Jeff Bingaman: Should we have a guiding principle with regard to these territories, which essentially determines that they be treated…

On the recordMay 14, 2012
Should we have a guiding principle with regard to these territories, which essentially determines that they be treated as States, except where we decide that there is an exception to that?
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Jeff Bingaman
Democratic · New Mexico

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Bingaman questions the need for a guiding principle for territorial treatment.

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