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Chris Smith: we as a people will give the kind of priority that religious freedom deserves for the persecuted people of the world.

On the recordOctober 26, 2015
we as a people will give the kind of priority that religious freedom deserves for the persecuted people of the world.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith advocates for prioritizing religious freedom for persecuted individuals.

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