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Chris Smith: I want to thank you for your testimonies in advance and thank you for bearing witness to a very ugly truth about the…

On the recordMay 15, 2019
I want to thank you for your testimonies in advance and thank you for bearing witness to a very ugly truth about the censorship, the incarceration, the intimidation of those men and women who are journalists who are trying to bring truth to light.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith expresses gratitude to journalists for exposing censorship and intimidation.

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