"In October of 2018 Senator Rubio and I had also written IOC President Bach, asking the IOC to 'review and ultimately reassign the location of the 2022 Winter Olympics.'"
"Now, if we can delay an Olympics for a year for a pandemic--and that's what happened in Tokyo--we certainly can delay it for a year for a genocide."
"Statement of Hon. James P. McGovern, a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts; Co-chair, Congressional-Executive Commission on China."
"But sometimes greater sacrifice is called for from each of us, and that would include the athletes as well."
"We want to hear how Olympic sponsors can help us deny the Chinese government its propaganda coup."
"We hold this hearing as the Summer Games are going on in Tokyo. And we wish the athletes the best of luck."
"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."
"And our goal here really is to try to find a way to persuade China to change its behavior."
"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."
"Each of us has to be challenged in our code of conduct for our own personal morality..."