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Chris Smith: I would respectfully submit that conveying false information, misleading and inflated numbers, may have shock value but…

On the recordMarch 15, 2011
I would respectfully submit that conveying false information, misleading and inflated numbers, may have shock value but in accuracy in assessing efforts to mitigate maternal mortality and engaging in hyperbole is wrong.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith criticizes Hilary Clinton for allegedly providing inaccurate maternal mortality statistics.

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