Nothing could be further from the truth. They'll get more powerful and more dictatorial, and they'll have the means to carry it out with more impunity.

Congress should pass the bipartisan legislation the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office Certification Act.

There are 35 million Americans that are hungry. This is a huge issue, and it needs to be prioritized.

Overnight, the CCP betrayed not just the people of Hong Kong, but it lied baldfaced to the rest of the world in its ambition.

When the actions of prosecutors and judges are based on ideology, when they interpret the law to favor a political position at the expense of protecting universal rights, they are acting to undermine rule of law and human rights, and they…

I do feel that the horse has left the barn. At this point, it's a lot harder to get the horse back in the barn.

I call the young people of Hong Kong today 'the prison generation'--oppression is one of their most defining experiences.

Oppression is one of their most defining experiences.

Hold the line. Continue to take a tough stand on Hong Kong, and let the Communist Party know that the crackdown on Hong Kong will continue to be an impediment to improved U.S.-China relations.

I know that we kind of think of you as the iron man of human rights in the House of Representatives.

But it was far more important that we stood up to China now than afford them the ability to bully not just their neighbors, but the entire world.

One of the things that I find most frightening about this new security law is that they have this whole idea of extraterritorial jurisdiction.

I don't think that it serves us to be starving people abroad. I think that it helps Americans for us to be feeding people all over the world.

We should be revisiting our policies that push people out of their home countries when they want to stay at home.

we're going to put together a resolution asking the Nobel Peace Prize Committee to award it to the six people, beginning with Jimmy Lai

Now we have TikTok, which is even worse.

I think a big part of it is China's power, particularly its economic power.

Any farm bill that hurts vulnerable people, I think we all should understand, is going nowhere.

I hope that protection can be extended to other persecuted Hong Kongers.

If the President certifies that the HKETOs do not merit diplomatic immunity, the HKETOs will terminate their operations within six months.

I've introduced a bill that would re-link MFN with trade, the PNTR, as they call it now, with a number of categories, including political prisoners.

It is critical to understand that the imprisonment of these more than 1,400 people is just the beginning of the story.

I feel for you that you can't go back to your country and just enjoy your life as a free person.

I ask that the United States Government continue to do all it can to secure my father's freedom.

It would be the equivalent of Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, all in the course of an evening being transitioned from being a bastion of hope.