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Rep. Tim Walberg speaks with staff before the start of the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on Thursday, October 12, 2017.
  • In May, Uganda enacted a law letting courts give the death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality."
  • The law's been heavily criticized by humanitarian organizations and even Republican Sen. Ted Cruz.
  • One GOP House member, though, traveled to the country in October to voice his support for the law.

A Republican member of the House of Representatives spoke in support of a Ugandan law that provides the death penalty for those convicted of "aggravated homosexuality."