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On the recordJuly 6, 2016
By not being a member, and the Chinese being a member, they actually can influence all the committees and subcommittees and we can't.
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Gerry Connolly
Democratic · Virginia

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Connolly highlights the disadvantage the U.S. faces by not ratifying UNCLOS compared to China.

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