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Tom Coburn: First of all, there have been no statements from me in putting forth this amendment that I objected to the World…

On the recordJuly 15, 1997
First of all, there have been no statements from me in putting forth this amendment that I objected to the World Heritage Reserve Program. Never said; no, I have never said that. No, the point is, and authorizing language that the gentleman, the implementing language that the gentleman from Washington states, title IV of the Historic Preservation Act; could he please inform me the date in which we signed on to this treaty?
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Tom Coburn
Republican · Oklahoma

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Addressing concerns about the World Heritage Reserve Program and related treaty language.

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