"I have been pressing this Administration, the Biden Administration, to convene a White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, Health, and Hunger."
"we talk a lot about food insecurity, but we also have to add that there is nutrition insecurity as well"
"This is not the time for business as usual."
"Last week, Senators Merkley and Rubio, and Congressman Smith and I, asked the International Olympic Committee to postpone the Beijing Olympics and relocate them if China does not change its behavior."
"I think we all appreciate you being here. And there was some tough questioning here, I think which is an indication of how strongly many of us feel."
"It can't be business as usual. And it's concerning that it appears that oftentimes the Chinese government's interests are prevailing over values that are universal."
"I intend to reach out to the Moroccan Foreign Ministry to ask that they withhold any removal proceedings given the danger that he faces in the PRC."
"Holding the 2022 Winter Olympics in China and allowing its authoritarian government to reap the rewards in prestige and propaganda of hosting this globally beloved event does not uphold the Olympic sp..."
"And our goal here really is to try to find a way to persuade China to change its behavior."
"Chairman Merkley and Co-chairman McGovern, thank you again for the invitation to testify this morning."
"It deeply, profoundly disturbs me because the whole world responded in recognition of the historical wrong of Germany..."