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Legislation and Hearings

  • March 22, 1994 - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing 103-869 on the Chemical Weapons Convention (Treaty Doc. 103-21).
  • April 13, 1994 - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing 103-869 on the Chemical Weapons Convention (Treaty Doc. 103-21).
  • May 13, 1994 - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing 103-869 on the Chemical Weapons Convention (Treaty Doc. 103-21).
  • May 17, 1994 - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing 103-869 on the Chemical Weapons Convention (Treaty Doc. 103-21).
  • June 9, 1994 - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing 103-869 on the Chemical Weapons Convention (Treaty Doc. 103-21).
  • June 23, 1994 - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing 103-869 on the Chemical Weapons Convention (Treaty Doc. 103-21).
  • August 11, 1994 - Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing 103-835 on the Military Implications of the Chemical Weapons Convention.
  • August 18, 1994 - Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing 103-835 on the Military Implications of the Chemical Weapons Convention.
  • September 30, 1994 - Senate Select Committee on Intelligence releases Senate Report 103-390 “U.S. Capability to Monitor Compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention.”
  • Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Report 103-390 “U.S. Capability to Monitor Compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention” - September 30, 1994.
  • Senate Foreign Relations Committee Executive Report 104-33, “Chemical Weapons Convention.” - September 11, 1996.
  • Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing 105-183 - Full Text PDF
  • April 8, 1997 - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing 105-183

    Donald Rumsfeld, former Secretary of Defense

    James R. Schlesinger, former Secretary of Defense

    Caspar Weinberger, former Secretary of Defense

    Madeleine Korbel Albright, Secretary of State

  • April 9, 1997 - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing 105-183

    Douglas J. Feith, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Negotiation Policy

    Fred C. Ikle, former Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

    Jeanne J. Kirkpatrick, former U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations

    Richard N. Perle, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy

    Edward L. Rowny, International Negotiation Consultant

    Brent Scowcroft, former National Security Policy Advisor

    Admiral E.R. Zumwalt, Member, President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board

  • April 15, 1997 - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing. Testimony by:

    Kathleen C. Bailey, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

    Malcolm S. Forbes, Jr., President and CEO, Forbes, Inc.

    Ralph V. Johnson, Dixie Chemical Company

    Kevin L. Kearns, United States Business and Industrial Council

    Bruce Merrifield, former Assistant Secretary of Commerce

    William A. Reinsch, Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration

    Wayne Spears, Spears Manufacturing, Inc.

    Frederick Webber, Chemical Manufacturers Association

  • April 17, 1997 - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing. Testimony by:

    Porter J. Goss, U.S. Representative in Congress from Florida

    Ronald F. Lehman, former Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

    General William Odom, former Director, National Security Agency

    Edward J. O’Malley, former Assistant Director (Counterintelligence), Federal Bureau of Investigation

  • Appendix of S. Hrg. 105-183
    • Conditions to the Chemical Weapons Convention
    • The Case Against The Chemical Weapons Convention “Truth or Consequences” [Prepared by The Center for Security Policy]
    • Remarks by President Bill Clinton and Others at the White House, April 4, 1997
    • False Promises, Fatal Flaws: The Chemical Weapons Convention [Prepared by Empower America]
    • Letters and Other Material Submitted in Support of Ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention:
      • American Ex-Prisoners of War
      • Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S
      • Reserve Officers Association of the United States
      • Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A
      • Prepared Statement of Brad Roberts, Institute for Defense Analyses
    • Letters Submitted in Opposition to Ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention:
      • Sterling Chemicals
      • Small Business Survival Committee
    • Statement by Ronald F. Lehman Before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, June 9, 1994
  • U.S. Senate Executive Resolution 75 - on the Ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention - 105th Congress, 1st term - Resolved April 24, 1997.
  • “The Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998″ - 105th Congress, 2nd term - Passed as part of Public Law 105-277, October 21, 1998.

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