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We have seen this through Huawei. We have seen this through ZTE.

China is, obviously, using that surveillance technology for repressive reasons.

I teamed up with former Senator Pat Toomey, and we passed bipartisan legislation entitled the Hong Kong Autonomy Act.

Freedom House is pleased to support the Human Rights Defenders Protection Act, led by Chairman Cardin.

The Act has significantly advanced accountability for human rights violations around the world.

I thank Chairman Cardin and Ranking Member Risch for inviting me to testify at today's hearing.

I appreciate that, and I agree with all your suggestions.

There has been a significant slowdown in the use of Global Magnitsky sanctions in recent years.

Nowhere has this been more on display than what has occurred in Hong Kong in recent years as the passage of the National Security Law and entry into force of Article 23 destroyed what remains of Hong Kong's democracy.

Please ensure that they safeguard civil society and philanthropy, both internationally and at home.

The use of defamation laws, foreign agent registration laws, and anti-NGO laws to silence free speech is nothing new.

And I want to thank Senator Murray for referencing her 40,000 constituents who are among almost three million public servants who are affected by this.

I am pleased to say in the Senate Appropriations Committee, we worked on a bipartisan basis to put forward the budget that we did, which again does not fully meet the mark, but is certainly a lot better than what would happen with the…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and welcome Commissioner. I do want to take this opportunity to thank you for your great service.

The Senate Appropriations Committee recently advanced a bill to increase SSA funding by $509 million over 24 levels.

We are not going to let anyone weaken benefits and break our promise--not for seniors today and certainly not for seniors tomorrow.

I fight hard every year to make sure we secure necessary funding for the Social Security Administration.

It is time for Congress to enact the Medicare and Social Security Fair Share Act, which would ensure solvency for the Social Security Trust Fund for the next 75 years by taxing all income over $400,000.