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Ed Markey: Senator Toomey and I have a resolution pending before this committee condemning the abuses in Chechnya.

On the recordJanuary 2, 2017
Senator Toomey and I have a resolution pending before this committee condemning the abuses in Chechnya.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey discusses a resolution addressing human rights abuses in Chechnya.

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