Christopher Coons: “I think most importantly you make a compelling case for the urgent national security-based need to invest more robustly…”

We need to provide more support for personnel, for operations, for outreach to support the Human Rights Defenders Fund.

I believe that allowing any companies in China to purchase these products presents a serious risk to our national security and economic leadership.

Amazingly, this law is modeled after a Russian law, and considering what Russia has done to Georgia, that is unbelievable.

Since then, our confidence and our view, at least mine, and I think, having conversations with Senator Shaheen, have been disappointed.