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Peter DeFazio: “Well, I like those. It seems that we had some consensus there, to a great extent, and I will say, you know, I do fear…”

On the recordDecember 8, 2013
Well, I like those. It seems that we had some consensus there, to a great extent, and I will say, you know, I do fear, personally, and I'll express it here, because I think it will be of great value in the future, that essentially we are sending--my recommendation since the beginning has been that what we send as regional recommendations should be as succinct and as subject to as little interpretation as possible by the State Department, since they will be the principle entity negotiating with the Canadians.
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Peter DeFazio
Democratic · Oregon
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DeFazio emphasizes the importance of clear recommendations for negotiations with Canada.

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