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Chris Smith: Because it is so deeply repressed. I mean, we have held hearings and heard from victims who got not total relief but a…

On the recordJuly 8, 2015
Because it is so deeply repressed. I mean, we have held hearings and heard from victims who got not total relief but a great deal of relief from the burdens.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith emphasizes the need for support for torture survivors to cope with trauma.

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