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Chris Smith: First of all, we are not punishing. We are saying that, as a matter of human rights principle, that the killing of an…

On the recordJune 21, 2007
First of all, we are not punishing. We are saying that, as a matter of human rights principle, that the killing of an unborn child rises to a sufficient level that we will pick other NGOs to whom we will give our dollars.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Discussing funding decisions related to NGOs and human rights principles.

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