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I wanted my colleague from Alaska to know that I have been looking into the matter of a sea - level canal versus a lock canal for many years . I have become convinced that , while we can build a sea - level canal , we do not eliminte ...
I wanted my colleague from Alaska to know that I have been looking into the matter of a sea - level canal versus a lock canal for many years . I have become convinced that , while we can build a sea - level canal , we do not eliminte ...
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When my colleague from Kansas talks about that we have to have our options or we are giving away something , it is ... If the treaties do not pass , then I think that some of my colleagues will prob- ably stand up here and say their ...
When my colleague from Kansas talks about that we have to have our options or we are giving away something , it is ... If the treaties do not pass , then I think that some of my colleagues will prob- ably stand up here and say their ...
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I might say to my colleague from Michigan that I have not reviewed that study . But the taxpayers of Michigan paid $ 22 million along with the rest of the American taxpayers for a study that did choose a route in Panama .
I might say to my colleague from Michigan that I have not reviewed that study . But the taxpayers of Michigan paid $ 22 million along with the rest of the American taxpayers for a study that did choose a route in Panama .
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Contents
1 Senator Edmund Muskie February 28 1978 | 206 |
Laxalt March 1 1978 | 218 |
177 | 272 |
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| Title | Senate Debate on the Panama Canal Treaties: A Compendium of Major Statements, Documents, Record Votes, and Relevant Events U.S. and Panama and their canal : the diplomatic and legal record |
| Author | Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service |
| Contributor | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1979 |
| Length | 560 pages |
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