a paper was done by one of our negotiators, which i would encourage your staff to look at, bernie oxman back in 1994, that described how all of president reagan's concerns were fixed by u.s. negotiators and how they ended up giving the u.s. enormous influence over every one of these issues, including the permanent seat on the council and the effective veto, and i'll ask that that could be put into the record. one of the most interesting things about that for both of you is that russia was so concerned that the united states was given so much influence in the council that they refused to sign on and actually abstained from the vote over the 1994 amendments because they felt that they discriminated in favor of the united states. >> mr. chairman, could i make a comment on this? >> absolutely, yes, sir, mr. secretary. >> as a law school dropout i'm glad i wasn't asked to comment, but i -- i have a question about the 1994 amendments. they have been mentioned repeatedly, and i don't have any idea what their standing is given the fact that a number of countries have not signed on to them which

welcome to oxman hill or national harbor as it's known these days. the upscale destination could well be on its way. >> to explore the development, a resort where we combined with the peterson family would be prepared to invest over $800 million. >> reporter: the site is expected to generate 2,000 construction jobs and 4,000, quote, well-paying permanent jobs. the announcement comes after a study's findings that the state could support a sixth gaming license, much to the chagrin of the corporation behind maryland live, the just-opened casino. it would allow table games at all maryland casinos and call for a lowering of the tax rate. there weren't many indications of what it would look like, but more of what it would not. >> we're not going to drop las vegas in national harbor. >> we're excited about the opportunity to basically go intoed planning and make another mini national harbor. >> we look forward to the process going forward where the committee will make a recommendation. >> then it would be on to a voter referendum, it all has to happen to ge