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Chris Smith
@chrissmith· Republican · NJ· Mar 14, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 2426) to direct the Secretary of State to develop a strategy to obtain observer status for Taiwan in the International Criminal Police Organization, and for other purposes. The…

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Chris Smith
@chrissmith· Republican · NJ· Mar 14, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise in strong support of S. 2426, the Senate version of a bill that previously passed the House with strong bipartisan support. I especially want to commend Chairman Matt Salmon…

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Chris Smith
@chrissmith· Republican · NJ· Mar 14, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Poe), the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs' Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.

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Chris Smith
@chrissmith· Republican · NJ· Mar 14, 2016

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, Taiwan already missed the INTERPOL General Assembly meeting that took place last fall in Kigali, Rwanda. Our hope is that with the passage of this bill, the United States will be able…

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Mark Amodei
@markamodei· Republican · NV· Mar 14, 2016

I am going to give you a compilation of emails that the person on my D.C. staff has compiled over a period of 5 months trying to get two basic administerial questions answered on behalf of two tribes in my district that deal with detention.

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Mark Amodei
@markamodei· Republican · NV· Mar 14, 2016

And it astounds me more to think when the majority of your workforce is Native Americans, it is like, come on, folks, we are doing this to ourselves.

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Chris Smith
@chrissmith· Republican · NJ· Mar 14, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from New…

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Chris Smith
@chrissmith· Republican · NJ· Mar 14, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and agree to the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 121) expressing the sense of the Congress condemning the gross violations of international law amounting to war crimes and crimes against…

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Chris Smith
@chrissmith· Republican · NJ· Mar 14, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on this resolution. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the…

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Chris Smith
@chrissmith· Republican · NJ· Mar 14, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Texas, Judge Poe, the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.

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Mark Amodei
@markamodei· Republican · NV· Mar 14, 2016

the most basic administerial functions of ensuring that tribes are helped when they have questions or concerns, the BIA has dragged their feet and allowed a congressional office to be more of an advocate.

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Mark Amodei
@markamodei· Republican · NV· Mar 14, 2016

How did Fish and Wildlife Service draw those lines?

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Mark Amodei
@markamodei· Republican · NV· Mar 14, 2016

If NDOW has a different opinion on where the best of the best is, they have a different opinion.

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Chris Smith
@chrissmith· Republican · NJ· Mar 14, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, the U.N. Security Council should move immediately to establish a Syrian war crimes tribunal. H. Con. Res. 121, which I introduced, is a bipartisan piece of legislation…

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Chris Smith
@chrissmith· Republican · NJ· Mar 14, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I do want to thank the gentleman from California (Mr. Sherman) for his very eloquent remarks and strong support for this resolution. I urge support and passage of this resolution. I yield back the balance of my time. The…

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Chris Smith
@chrissmith· Republican · NJ· Mar 14, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and agree to the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 75) expressing the sense of Congress that those who commit or support atrocities against Christians and other ethnic and religious minorities…

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Chris Smith
@chrissmith· Republican · NJ· Mar 14, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, first of all, I would like to thank Jeff Fortenberry and his lead cosponsor, Anna Eshoo, for their extremely important resolution, H. Con. Res. 75, as amended, calling on…

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