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Dan Burton: If I might conclude, my concern is these human rights violations do occur. All I want to do tonight is send a signal to…

On the recordJune 5, 1996
If I might conclude, my concern is these human rights violations do occur. All I want to do tonight is send a signal to the Indian government that we do not approve and that there ought to be some change in policy. It is not punitive from the standpoint that we are penalizing them because we are not cutting the aid they got last year by one dime. We are only not allowing them to get an increase.
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Dan Burton
Indiana

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Addressing human rights violations in India and U.S. aid policy.

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