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“I thank the gentleman for yielding. I thank him and Mr. McCaul, Mr. Engel, the chairman, ranking member, and senior member of the Foreign Affairs Committee for bringing this important legislation to the floor. It is an honor to be here with all of them, and with Mr. Suozzi, who has been a champion for religious rights throughout the world. Madam Speaker, Mr. Smith and I go back decades in our fight for human rights in China, whether it is in Tibet, whether it is in Beijing, whether it is in Hong Kong. The list goes on and on. I thank Mr. Smith for his ongoing leadership. Madam Speaker, I also thank the chairman of the committee, Mr. McGovern, the chair of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China and chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. Mr. Smith is the ranking member of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, and I thank Mr. Smith. Today in this House of Representatives, in a very strong, bipartisan way, we are sending a message to the persecuted that they are not forgotten. We are saying to the President of China: ``You may tell these people that they are forgotten, but they aren't.'' On the floor of the House of Representatives, in bipartisan, bicameral legislation, we are here in support of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act, strong bipartisan legislation to address and defend the rights and dignity of the Uyghur people from China's oppression.…”