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Marco Rubio

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U.S. Secretary of State in the Trump administration; formerly U.S. Senator from Florida.

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May 14, 2019

As we've observed over the last five years, Hong Kong's autonomy and freedoms that are guaranteed by the Joint Declaration and their Basic Law are just eroding rapidly due to the interference of the Chinese Communist Party's government in…

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May 14, 2019

I actually find it offensive, and frankly, it points to one of the challenges we have in dealing with human rights.

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May 14, 2019

It's apparent that human rights in Hong Kong are eroding and the influence of mainland China is continuing to grow.

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May 14, 2019

The United States must lead the way in letting the Chinese Communist Party know that taking a hammer and sickle to the cross and enslaving more than 1 million Uighurs in an effort to erase their religion and culture are destructive…

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May 14, 2019

It is not in the interest of the United States, or for that matter the free world, to have this steady erosion of rights.

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May 14, 2019

I assure you we will get the obligatory letter criticizing us.

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May 14, 2019

We have urged the Trump administration to use Global Magnitsky Act sanctions to target Chinese officials responsible for egregious human rights abuses.

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May 14, 2019

The Chinese Communist Party doesn't keep any deals.

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May 14, 2019

Mr. Martin Lee's apt description of the proposed amendment is that it will 'legalize kidnapping.'

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May 14, 2019

I mean it is a tough thing to do business when people are afraid to go there because they might be extradited for aiding and abetting.

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May 14, 2019

We have heard you loud and clear about the need to ramp up our voices on this extradition law, and we need to do it now.

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May 14, 2019

It's one of the reasons why I will be reintroducing the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act which updates our Hong Kong policy and establishes punitive measures against government officials responsible for suppressing fundamental…

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