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James T. Callahan: I have no reservation whatsoever about including this subject matter in the hearing that we have scheduled. The hearing…

On the recordJune 11, 1996
I have no reservation whatsoever about including this subject matter in the hearing that we have scheduled. The hearing we have scheduled is to discuss some of what I think are unfair business practices by the Government of Kuwait. But we can include human rights as well, and certainly this is a gross human rights violation, and I think that we should, and I will, after consultation with the gentleman, be happy to include in our hearing or part of our hearing a discussion of this execution that is pending there.
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James T. Callahan
Oklahoma

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Discussing the inclusion of human rights violations in a hearing about Kuwait's business practices.

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