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Human right, the second was a commission on nongovernmental organizations. they were both blocked. but the third one, they snuck through, because the asians nominated them, the united states didn't want to annoy the asian block. patti ann: we need to make clear, there was no vote, this was called an appointment by acclimation, which means there was no vote, the united states had actually no say, at least outwardly, but you're saying they might have had a voice behind the scenes? >> they could have gone to the asians and said don't nominate them for this commission, too, but once again, there i...

It's highly doubtful there is going to be a market for gulf seafood for a while from this area simply because the wholesaleers and retailers are going to be concerned about and it are not going to want to spend time or money testing it when they can get shrimp from china for example. the real problem here is what most people don't understand is these fishermen are not wealthy people. and once they stop fishing and once they go and find other jobs there's not going to be a fleet there in the five years after the shrimp recover. the fleet will be gone so. there won't be an industry anymore. that...

But as we heard from the top senate democrat on the senate floor this morn his expectation is that amendment's process won't be abused and allowed to drag on. >> i know that there are republican, democrats want to. improve this in a way that they feel is appropriate. i hope the debate will be civil. i hope that we can have limited time on these amendments as a republican leader said yesterday. i look forward to that debate. it should be important issues it is one of the most important issues to come before this body in a long time. >> and we can happily report that so far the debate has been v...