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Chris Smith: “It is vague, as Chairman Royce has so eloquently said, and it also, I think, could have a chilling effect.”

On the recordJanuary 23, 2017
It is vague, as Chairman Royce has so eloquently said, and it also, I think, could have a chilling effect.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith critiques the vagueness of the amendment and its potential negative impact.

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