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Tim Walz: “I think it is important to--as this Commission, maybe one of the last bastions in the Congress of trying to stand on…”

On the recordFebruary 2, 2016
I think it is important to--as this Commission, maybe one of the last bastions in the Congress of trying to stand on human rights as a whole and talk about the importance of our policies.
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Tim Walz
Democratic · Minnesota

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Walz highlights the Commission's role in advocating for human rights in U.S. policy.

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