"I think it's fair to say that those governments that bought into the Chinese narrative, maybe thinking that it might make the Chinese government more reasonable with regard to Tibet, it didn't work."
"I think it is fair to say that we are reorienting our policy in a way that is more in tune with what the Tibetan community wants."
"I just want to say that we're working on a bill that we'll be introducing soon to help the U.S. Government counter Chinese disinformation on Tibet."
"Tibet very clearly is under colonial rule today, and I think it should be recognized that way."
"Tibetans also... fit squarely in that category [of a people with a right to self-determination]."
"It is very important to restore the situation to where it was universally recognized that Tibetans had the right to self-determination."
"I think our position is that Tibet's true representatives are the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government-in-exile, as recognized by the Tibetan people."
"I just think it's important to establish a full record here, not only for the Commission but for my colleagues."
"As part of that, there is a strong effort to rob the Tibetans also of their history, since that's also tied to their identity."
"I hope the United States and other governments would counter directly the claims of some of these empire revivalists."
"Clearly a tremendous amount of change has happened in Tibet, for the better, because there is attention from the outside world, and especially the United States."
"I think this is a very important hearing because in our discussions on Tibet, and some of the topics that we covered here today, we don't include the historical fact that Tibet has not been a part of ..."