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Chris Smith: The amount of money you mentioned seems to be a drop in the bucket for what I think sustaining the health and well-being…

On the recordJune 26, 2018
The amount of money you mentioned seems to be a drop in the bucket for what I think sustaining the health and well-being of those refugees and IDPs would be.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Smith critiques the funding for humanitarian aid as insufficient for refugees and internally displaced persons.

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