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On the recordMarch 6, 2012
We have to have some kind, just not just the power of exposing these abuses but there needs to be a penalty phase.
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Ros-Lehtinen argues for penalties against Vietnam for human rights abuses, beyond mere exposure.

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