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Maria Cantwell: “The EU law is no more an intrusion into U.S. sovereignty than America's own aviation laws intrude into the sovereignty…”

On the recordJune 5, 2012
The EU law is no more an intrusion into U.S. sovereignty than America's own aviation laws intrude into the sovereignty of other nations.
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Maria Cantwell
Democratic · Washington

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Comparing the EU law's impact on U.S. sovereignty to U.S. aviation laws affecting other nations.

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