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Chris Smith: It's time to say we've got tools--we're going to use them.

On the recordJuly 13, 2016
It's time to say we've got tools--we're going to use them.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Smith asserts the necessity of utilizing available tools for enforcement.

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