Congressional Digest

International Debates Archives February 2013 No. 2 Vol. 11
Honorable Jeff Sessions

International Disability Protections

Ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

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Honorable Jeff Sessions

U.S. Senator, Alabama, Republican

Senator Sessions was first elected to the U.S. Senate in November 1996. He serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee. The following is excerpted from a December 4, 2012, statement on the floor of the U.S. Senate during debate on ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.   When the Senate gives its advice and consent to a treaty, it becomes the “supreme law of the land” on par with federal statutes. This is Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution. It is in our Constitution. That is why we must take great care in…

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