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Chris Smith: I would respectfully ask that this committee mark up a bill that I have been trying to get passed for some time, the End…

On the recordMay 15, 2019
I would respectfully ask that this committee mark up a bill that I have been trying to get passed for some time, the End Neglected Tropical Disease Act, which Karen Bass and I co-authored, and Gregory Meeks, bipartisan bill.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith urges the committee to pass a bipartisan bill on neglected tropical diseases.

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