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On the recordMay 16, 1991
We were one of the first nations to enact legislation prohibiting exports of hazardous wastes without the consent of the importing country.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Message to the Senate Transmitting the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and...

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