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Ted Poe: I just can't imagine that it is consistent with our values that we are going to declare that a country that holds 350…

On the recordJuly 31, 2013
I just can't imagine that it is consistent with our values that we are going to declare that a country that holds 350 people and that is just these Montagnard Christians... that we are going to lump them in with other free countries as if there is no difference in our relationship between New Zealand and this communist dictatorship...
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Ted Poe
Republican · Texas

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Criticism of U.S. relations with countries that imprison religious groups.

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