"I'm wondering if you can shed some light on what the consequence of these boarding schools is on the hearts and minds of these children."
"They also have used the forced abortion, coercive population control program very effectively as a tool of genocide."
"There are too many people who just care about the trade so much and about getting along with the Chinese diplomats."
"The vast majority of Tibetan children are now placed in colonial boarding schools, as the chairman has referred to; 80 percent of the children six to eighteen being placed in these schools."
"The grave, well-documented violations of the human rights of Tibetans that are the subject of this hearing have been going on for a long time."
"If thousands of children, including children of preschool age, are coerced into attending boarding schools where the instructional language is mostly Mandarin, while also being prevented from studying..."
"Those same authorities constantly interfere with the practice of Tibetan Buddhism."
"My answer to that question is H.R. 533, the Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Conflict Act that I introduced in January with House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul."
"The U.S. must state loudly and clearly that the Tibetan people have a right to their language, their culture, and to determine how they are governed."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Secretary Vilsack, first, I want to thank you for saying that access to affordable, nutritious food is a fundamental human right, and I couldn't agree with you more on that."
"we ought to be striving to create a country where there is nobody who is hungry, there is nobody who is food-insecure, nutrition-insecure."
"We appreciate your consideration of the immense positive impact SNAP has on the lives of millions of Americans as well as its beneficial impact on the national economy and our nation's long-term finan..."