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Andrea Joy Campbell: “Mr. Chairman, I address to the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Smith], one simple question. Under the gentleman's…”

On the recordJune 5, 1997
Mr. Chairman, I address to the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Smith], one simple question. Under the gentleman's amendment, if the U.N. spends one dime to advise one person in China about contraception, would not all United States assistance to U.N. family planning throughout Africa and Latin America be terminated?
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Andrea Joy Campbell
Massachusetts

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Questioning the implications of an amendment related to U.N. family planning funding.

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