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Chris Smith: I wrote that law. It is called the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000.

On the recordJuly 21, 2015
I wrote that law. It is called the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith claims authorship of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act.

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