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Chris Smith: “It always gets over to the Senate and holds are placed on it, and those holds are to the detriment of the Vietnamese…”

On the recordJune 6, 2018
It always gets over to the Senate and holds are placed on it, and those holds are to the detriment of the Vietnamese people.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith criticizes Senate holds on the Vietnam Human Rights Act, impacting Vietnamese citizens.

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