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Chris Smith: I was the House sponsor of the Global Magnitsky Act.

On the recordDecember 12, 2018
I was the House sponsor of the Global Magnitsky Act.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith discusses his role in sponsoring the Global Magnitsky Act.

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