Nancy Pelosi

Members of Congress, whenever possible, must raise their voices on behalf of those fighting for their rights, freedom and very lives in China.

Congress must, once again, demand that our values be embedded in our policies.

Members of Congress must raise their voices on behalf of those fighting for their rights, freedom, and very lives in China.

If the United States won't stand up, who will?

The world is less safe, less secure, and human rights are increasingly at risk because of China's refusal to be a responsible stakeholder.

I certainly associate myself with your characterization of our aspirations and friendship with the people of China.

We feel connected to China and we would hope that our two countries could enjoy a brilliant future together.

Thank you so much for your advocacy on behalf of human rights in China, you sent my children to college.

They had hired just about everybody in Washington, DC, wouldn't you say?

They won't respect us if we don't respect our own values.

The Chinese lobby. They had page after page after page. They had hired everybody in DC.

The most important thing is for the Chinese to negotiate, to be engaged in dialogue, with the Dalai Lama.

You just can't ignore any of it, but you certainly cannot ignore human rights.

The reduction of democracy in Hong Kong should be an issue of concern to America and China's aggressive behavior in other parts of the world.

I hope that the print-out is not complete. I am ever hopeful that our government at any opportunity would talk about human rights in China and Tibet.

If you want to do that you should allow us to have a consulate in Lhasa.

The brutality of the Chinese in Tibet is something.

We have lost 3 million jobs, 75 percent of them in the manufacturing sector.

If they would do it, it would be a great thing.

The administration should also make full use of the new authorities granted under the Global Magnitsky Act to sanction and restrict the travel of Chinese Government officials perpetrating these egregious acts.

Congress should immediately--immediately--take action to rename the plaza in front of the Chinese Embassy in honor of the imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo.

However, it does not mean we can't and should not use every lever we have to address the egregious human rights violations.

He took risks, he was persistent, he was dissatisfied, and he was our champion, and still is.

We want to do it before too long because this country is losing the cement that holds it together, the language, the culture.

What I do care about is what goes into their heads.