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On the recordSeptember 16, 2015
I would take issue with one aspect of what you said, though, that regardless of what benefits you might see from this, I would not say that signing onto a treaty is without any cost on our part without us giving up anything particularly, whereas here the treaty sets up a system that would, however incrementally, erode our national sovereignty.
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

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Mike Lee argues that treaties can compromise national sovereignty despite potential benefits.

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