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Mark Warner: “I say to my good friend that is correct. An agreement was reached between Russia and the United States, and it is…”

On the recordMarch 17, 1999
I say to my good friend that is correct. An agreement was reached between Russia and the United States, and it is interesting that agreement has never been submitted to the Senate, although I and other Senators have repeatedly called for it. This is another example where I think the Senate needs to assert itself more strongly in areas of foreign policy, and this is one of those areas which is very clearly in need of a show of strength by the Congress, through the Senate, to assert its really coequal right under the Constitution to deal with issues of foreign policy. And that is why I so strongly support the legislation.
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Mark Warner
Democratic · Virginia

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Discussing the need for Senate involvement in foreign policy agreements with Russia.

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