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Chris Smith: Three times, three separate congresses, I have had the Vietnam Human Rights Act pass this House with a heavy emphasis on…

On the recordMay 15, 2019
Three times, three separate congresses, I have had the Vietnam Human Rights Act pass this House with a heavy emphasis on press censorship and what they are doing to bloggers, only to die in the Senate.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith discusses repeated attempts to pass the Vietnam Human Rights Act amidst press censorship issues.

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