It was almost 6 years ago to the day that I introduced the Conflict Minerals Trade Act, which was designed to help stop trade in conflict minerals that were sustaining the brutal civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
On the recordNovember 16, 2015
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McDermott reflects on the introduction of the Conflict Minerals Trade Act and its purpose.
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