Jim McGovern

We must also keep American companies accountable for their potential complicity in Chinese government censorship.

Today we see an increasingly aggressive Chinese Communist government that is more repressive in domestic policy.

We must use opportunities like this to speak about the true story of the Tiananmen Square massacre.

What does it profit a country if it gains the whole world and suffers the loss of its soul?

We must remember because China still tries to deny history.

Now we ask the international community to speak up--before it is too late.

The extradition law will replace Hong Kong's rule of law with rule by fear--as it is practiced in China.

We have fought very hard to preserve freedom and our way of life in Hong Kong since the handover 22 years ago this July.

I thought today's testimony was incredibly powerful.

What they don't count on is that people don't forget.

It is important to uphold a high standard of human rights in Hong Kong.

I think it is a fair statement to say that whether you are a U.S. business interest or a Chinese business interest, you will lose money if this extradition agreement were to move forward.

We continue to call upon the Chinese and Hong Kong governments to restart the electoral reform process.

I think we can work on something that's a bipartisan statement that is even stronger than our Consul General's statement.

It could have a chilling impact in terms of whether or not Hong Kong is a friendly place to do business.

Xi Jinping tries to make every faith, every denomination from Falun Gong, to Christians, to Uyghurs, comport with Communist ideology or else.

There is no--despite the efforts by the American Bar Association and many others, there's no rule of law.

I think in your ominous warning in your opening comments that it will never be the same in Hong Kong should this extradition treaty go forward.

We stand together with the people of Hong Kong and indeed all the people of China when we express our concerns about the policies of the Chinese and Hong Kong governments.

There is not a lot we always all agree on. But we agree on the importance of human rights in Hong Kong.

In recent years there has been a steady erosion of Hong Kong's autonomy that was enshrined in the 'one country, two systems' framework.

The hearing will come to order.

The title of today's hearing is 'Hong Kong's Future in the Balance: Eroding Autonomy and Challenges to Human Rights.'

HONG KONG'S FUTURE IN THE BALANCE: ERODING AUTONOMY AND CHALLENGES TO HUMAN RIGHTS

I much prefer that than having people refer to them as illegals.