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Chris Smith: God forbid that we have a one-child-per-couple policy, and I will yield, all over the world, because--and you look at…

On the recordOctober 4, 2011
God forbid that we have a one-child-per-couple policy, and I will yield, all over the world, because--and you look at what just recently at a summit in Cancun.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Chris Smith expresses concern over the idea of a global one-child policy.

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