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John Cornyn: “In 1944, the United States and Mexico entered into a water…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Cornyn on U.S.-Mexico Water Treaty Compliance in USMCA Review

Published | Video Starts at 00:24

And our relationship with Mexico is important to our economy as well as our national security, which I want to ask about a little bit. But there are bones of contention, certainly from time to time. One of them is water. In 1944, the United States and Mexico entered into a water treaty. The enforcement of that has been fraught with problems and resulted in tremendous hardship and loss of jobs in the Rio Grande Valley. Thanks to President Trump and Secretary Rollins. (00:24–00:30)

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Asserts the existence of a 1944 water treaty between the United States and Mexico.

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