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         <namePart>Warren Davidson</namePart>
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         <namePart>Madeleine Dean</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
         <namePart>Mark E. Green</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
         <namePart>Bill Huizenga</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
         <namePart>Darrell Issa</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
         <namePart>Pramila Jayapal</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
         <namePart>Ronny Jackson</namePart>
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         <namePart>Sara Jacobs</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
         <namePart>Jonathan L. Jackson</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
         <namePart>Julie Johnson</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
         <namePart>William R. Keating</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
         <namePart>Young Kim</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
         <namePart>Sydney Kamlager-Dove</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
         <namePart>Ted Lieu</namePart>
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         <namePart>Anna Paulina Luna</namePart>
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         <description>United States Congressional Member</description>
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         <namePart>Michael Lawler</namePart>
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         <namePart>George Latimer</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
         <namePart>Kweisi Mfume</namePart>
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         <namePart>Gregory W. Meeks</namePart>
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         <namePart>Michael T. McCaul</namePart>
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         <namePart>Brian J. Mast</namePart>
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         <namePart>Cory Mills</namePart>
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         <description>United States Congressional Member</description>
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         <namePart>Jared Moskowitz</namePart>
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         <description>United States Congressional Member</description>
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         <namePart>Richard McCormick</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
         <namePart>Ryan Mackenzie</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
         <namePart>Sarah McBride</namePart>
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         <namePart>Scott Perry</namePart>
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         <namePart>Maria Elvira Salazar</namePart>
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         <description>United States Congressional Member</description>
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         <namePart>Brad Sherman</namePart>
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         <description>United States Congressional Member</description>
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    <name type="personal">
         <namePart>Christopher H. Smith</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
         <namePart>Bradley Scott Schneider</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
         <namePart>Greg Stanton</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
         <namePart>Keith Self</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
         <namePart>Jefferson Shreve</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
         <namePart>Dina Titus</namePart>
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         <namePart>Joe Wilson</namePart>
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    <name type="personal">
         <namePart>Ryan K. Zinke</namePart>
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         <description>United States Congressional Member</description>
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         <namePart>Statement of Hon. James F. Jeffrey, Retired Career Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State</namePart>
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         <namePart>Statement of Hon. Uzra Zeya, President and Ceo, Human Rights First</namePart>
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              <title>United States Congress Serial Number 15 (119th Congress)</title>
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