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On the recordMay 14, 2019
If this extradition amendment passes, theoretically a journalist could be extradited to the mainland for reporting that the Chinese Communist Party doesn't like.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Rubio highlights the potential threat to journalists from the extradition amendment.

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