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Chris Smith: But, again, as I said in my opening getting the Trafficking Victims Protection Act--a whole another issue but it is…

On the recordJune 10, 2015
But, again, as I said in my opening getting the Trafficking Victims Protection Act--a whole another issue but it is certainly a serious human rights abuse issue--we have always argued just get it right in the report and then part two, the sanctions regime, if there are any.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith emphasizes the importance of accuracy in the report regarding human rights abuses.

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