On the recordDecember 8, 2013
It is important that neither the United States nor Canada insert additional domestic goals independent of the original purpose of the Treaty.
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congress.govIt is important that neither the United States nor Canada insert additional domestic goals independent of the original purpose of the Treaty.
Larsen stresses maintaining the original goals of the Columbia River Treaty.
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