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On the recordJune 18, 2004
this last bizarre argument that was made that this amendment would somehow violate our world trade obligations, does the gentleman understand that argument to be that we are forced to outsource our national security and our homeland security to China or France, which are WTO members? That seemed to be the logical extension of this bizarre new argument.
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Lloyd Doggett
Democratic · Texas

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Addressing concerns about an amendment's impact on world trade obligations.

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