Senate Debate on the Panama Canal Treaties: A Compendium of Major Statements, Documents, Record Votes, and Relevant Events |
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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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It seems to me , with due respect to my colleague , that the whole point of this presentation misses the fact that that tonnage was not designed to go through the canal in the beginning . The Senator still is not talking about numbers ...
It seems to me , with due respect to my colleague , that the whole point of this presentation misses the fact that that tonnage was not designed to go through the canal in the beginning . The Senator still is not talking about numbers ...
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When my colleague from Kansas talks about that we have to have our options or we are giving away something ... If the treaties do not pass , then I think that some of my colleagues will probably stand up here and say their rights under ...
When my colleague from Kansas talks about that we have to have our options or we are giving away something ... If the treaties do not pass , then I think that some of my colleagues will probably stand up here and say their rights under ...
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Contents
REPRESENTATIVE STATEMENTS ON THE MAJOR THEMES | 17 |
Laxalt March 1 1978 | 218 |
SUMMARY TEXT AND VOTE FOR ALL PROPOSED AMEND | 343 |
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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 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 14 Nov 2017 |
| Length | 560 pages |
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