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Joaquin Castro: “This amendment would protect people like the Rohingya in Burma, the Catholics in Nicaragua, the Uyghurs in China whom…”

On the recordApril 25, 2023
This amendment would protect people like the Rohingya in Burma, the Catholics in Nicaragua, the Uyghurs in China whom many of us have spoken about concern for on multiple committees in this Congress, and other religious minorities.
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Joaquin Castro
Democratic · Texas

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Castro highlights the amendment's aim to safeguard persecuted religious minorities.

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