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Chris Smith: By day I was a monster, by night I was a wife and mother of one child.

On the recordMay 14, 2012
By day I was a monster, by night I was a wife and mother of one child.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith highlights the harsh realities of China's one-child policy through a woman's testimony.

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