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Chris Smith: To be able to live according to your conscience, for Falun Gong practitioners and other dissidents, it outweighs the…

On the recordJuly 22, 2015
To be able to live according to your conscience, for Falun Gong practitioners and other dissidents, it outweighs the fear of death.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith emphasizes the courage of Falun Gong practitioners in facing oppression.

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