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Chris Smith: “I do not see that there is any good reason to justify a state visit, a welcome to Xi Jinping this September.”

On the recordJuly 22, 2015
I do not see that there is any good reason to justify a state visit, a welcome to Xi Jinping this September.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith opposes welcoming Xi Jinping due to human rights abuses in China.

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