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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· May 14, 2019

They want to destroy all hope for the future and to put despair in the people of Hong Kong.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· May 14, 2019

Advertisements are actually pulled from free media, to the extent that telephone calls will be made by the Chinese apparatchiks in Hong Kong to the advertisers.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· May 14, 2019

I am very thankful to Chairman McGovern and Congressman Smith for mentioning the political prisoner problem now

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· May 14, 2019

Beijing has rewritten the Sino-British Joint Declaration.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· May 14, 2019

But what good is a deal if it is not honored? And the Hong Kong agreement is not honored.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· May 14, 2019

This bill is terrible, and it can be stopped.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· May 14, 2019

Not only losing money, losing one's freedom.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· May 14, 2019

It is harmful to local business, to the international and business hub reputation of Hong Kong, and also to U.S. interests.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· May 14, 2019

the fight is going on even though we face lots of pressure.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· May 14, 2019

It is a breaking of 'one country, two systems' and the Joint Declaration.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· May 14, 2019

We still have religious freedom. No doubt about it in Hong Kong. But we are concerned because things are happening in mainland China.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· May 14, 2019

if this terrible bill is not stopped--hopefully the government will be pressed to withdraw it--Hong Kong will never be the same again.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· May 14, 2019

In fact the print media in Hong Kong, there is really only one Chinese newspaper which dares to criticize Beijing, and that's the Apple Daily.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· May 14, 2019

It is not only about human rights. It is also about our city's future, our vibrant culture of business, and it's about rule of law and freedom of information.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· May 14, 2019

Of course, what is good about the Hong Kong issue in the States is that Hong Kong has always been a bipartisan issue.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· May 14, 2019

Hong Kong is the key to China, and we must be able to keep what we still have.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· May 14, 2019

no American resident in Hong Kong is safe once this bill is passed.

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Mike Lee
@mikelee· Republican · UT· May 14, 2019

I reckon, therefore, that the businesspeople must be persuaded to come around to our cause and your cause so that they understand that it is really in their interest too that human rights are preserved for everybody.

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