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On the recordMay 16, 2016
if we are not going to urge them to do that through our trade policies, then shame on us.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Emphasis on the responsibility of trade policies to improve waste management.

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