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Chris Smith: Chairman, with your leadership, maybe we can bolster that commitment around the world so that we will take on these tin…

On the recordMay 29, 2014
Chairman, with your leadership, maybe we can bolster that commitment around the world so that we will take on these tin pot dictators and these monstrous regimes like in China today.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith emphasizes the need to confront oppressive regimes like China.

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