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Chris Smith: I hope that the White House, the House and the Senate, and I hope that Xi Jinping is listening to this appeal from two…

On the recordFebruary 13, 2012
I hope that the White House, the House and the Senate, and I hope that Xi Jinping is listening to this appeal from two wives for your individual husbands.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Encouragement for U.S. leaders and Xi Jinping to heed calls for releasing political prisoners.

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