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Chris Smith: “I have offered, and it has passed three Congresses in a row, failed in the Senate, never got a vote--the Vietnam Human…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2015
I have offered, and it has passed three Congresses in a row, failed in the Senate, never got a vote--the Vietnam Human Rights Act--that we should have insisted that human rights went first, and then all of the other benefits, especially the economic benefits, would follow thereafter.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith discusses his proposed Vietnam Human Rights Act and its lack of Senate support.

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