It is incumbent upon us to engage unequivocally at the senior most political levels of the government to express our concerns.

So every time we see it we know what the answer should be, and if we take strong action then we will probably extract the results that we are looking for.

If you care about human rights, this has to be a central issue.

I am deeply concerned about the lack of progress in implementing the five-point consensus developed by ASEAN member countries, particularly with regard to engagement with all parties in Burma, including the National Unity Government.

Tibet's true representatives are His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government-in-exile, as recognized by the Tibetan people.

I just say to the government of China, who always gets annoyed when we do these hearings--you know what? You have a Tibet problem. Deal with it.

The succession or reincarnation of Tibetan Buddhist leaders... should be decided solely by the Tibetan Buddhist community.

The United States is leading a broad and diverse group of experts in debates on the technical merits of an international instrument focused on cybercrime.

I think that's changing. I really do. I mean, I look at the last few years here in the United States Congress. We have legislated more; we have created more policy on Tibet than at any other time.

If confirmed, I will work to ensure that all relevant USAID staff give this issue the urgent attention that it deserves.

Thank you, Madam Chair and Ranking Member Portman. I am pleased to introduce an accomplished and acclaimed son of Massachusetts, Bijan Sabet, President Biden's nominee to be the United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic.

I strongly support Chairwoman Eshoo's bill to create an Advanced Research Projects Agency. This bill will ensure that ARPA-H can address the limitations of commercial markets and tackle high-risk, high-reward biomedical research in…

To its enormous credit, Bulgaria has stood with Ukraine despite historically close ties to Russia.

As part of that, there is a strong effort to rob the Tibetans also of their history, since that's also tied to their identity.

If confirmed, I would, really, be working to see is Argentina--are we holding Argentina's feet to the fire?

I believe that we in the United States--and, Mr. Tethong, I appreciate your kind words, but to be honest with you, we're not doing enough.

I just want to say that we're working on a bill that we'll be introducing soon to help the U.S. Government counter Chinese disinformation on Tibet.

I was disappointed that despite the importance the President said he will place on human rights and democracy in U.S. foreign policy these issues were marginalized during the summit.