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Chris Smith

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Chris Smith is a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing New Jersey's 4th congressional district since 1981. Throughout his tenure, he has focused on a range of issues including human rights, foreign affairs, and health care. Smith has been involved in various legislative efforts aimed at improving health services and advocating for the rights of individuals both domestically and internationally. His long-standing service in Congress has made him a prominent figure in New Jersey politics.

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Jul 9, 2012

I have been working with him and others throughout Africa ever since and they are still--I even have a pending bill we are trying to get to enhance, something you could do administratively, to help combat autism worldwide.

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Jul 8, 2012

China's one-child policy constitutes the longest-running and most far-reaching violation of human rights the world has ever seen.

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Jul 8, 2012

I think to be complicit in these crimes against humanity, in my opinion, suggests that the UNFPA itself ought to be at the Hague answering for such crimes.

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Jul 8, 2012

Thank you so very much for your courage in testifying. And again, through your tears, we are again reminded of the horrific impact this barbaric policy has had on not just the children, but on the mothers.

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Jul 8, 2012

During the Clinton administration, I had invited women who were on the Golden Venture program that President Clinton had changed our asylum policy from.

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Jul 8, 2012

I believe, and your thoughts on this, to do more under current law and I wrote it so I know it is there.

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Jul 8, 2012

a picture is worth a thousand words. And the picture of Ms. Feng's baby having been aborted at 7 months gestation... is cruelty beyond words.

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Jul 8, 2012

I do not think that a two-child policy is the answer to the one-child policy.

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Jul 8, 2012

I would say make it one of the priorities, but we disagree.

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Jul 8, 2012

Chen Guangcheng is the moral towering figure over this entire issue and has sacrificed more than anyone else on behalf of the women and babies of China.

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Jul 8, 2012

We will try, I can assure you, we will try, and we will try hard to do that.

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Jul 8, 2012

Your contribution will be remembered in the history of human rights in China and the world.

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Jul 8, 2012

Abortion is a weapon of mass destruction and millions have been exterminated.

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Jul 8, 2012

I hope with her testimony and the hearing today, it could become a reality that more and more, hundreds and maybe thousands of babies could be rescued as a result of her testimony today.

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Jul 8, 2012

Today in China, rather than being given maternal care, pregnant women without birth-allowed permits are hunted down and forcibly aborted.

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Jul 8, 2012

the issue is that the government is telling people how many children they can have and enforcing that limit coercively.

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Jul 8, 2012

I think Congress could pass an Act like this, and what that would do, it would enable the President to deny entry into the United States for Chinese human rights abusers.

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Jul 8, 2012

It is so grossly underappreciated by Congress, by the White House, and by Parliaments around the world.

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Jul 8, 2012

Congressman Chris Smith has stood head and shoulders above anybody else in this, hearing after hearing after hearing about Chen Guangcheng and about the one-child policy.

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Jul 8, 2012

It is true that in the United States, if you did a poll on forced abortion, you would probably find over 90 percent of Americans oppose forced abortion.

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Jul 8, 2012

I am very excited about this inquiry because I firmly believe that any unbiased inquiry is going to reveal complete complicity between the UNFPA and International Planned Parenthood, and forced abortion in China.

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Jul 8, 2012

China's one-child policy has been in effect since 1979, is state sponsored murder, and it constitutes massive crimes against humanity.

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Jul 8, 2012

I would hope, as you indicated, that the dialogue would be of some meaning.

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Jul 8, 2012

the dialogue would be of some meaning. The problem has been is that it is often a gabfest with very little relationship to deeds.

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Jun 28, 2012

What would be your sense as to where this peacekeeping mission would be when it comes to the rules of engagement?

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