Chris Van Hollen: “Make no mistake, China will leverage their economic advantage to press their geopolitical ambitions.”

This should chill every American to the bone. When the rights of one are threatened, the rights of all are at risk.

The job of a U.S. ambassador, and their staff, whether a political or civilian employee, is to defend and protect U.S. interests.

We must hold them to this standard and hold a hearing to determine what the Department knows, as well as request the original report written by embassy staff on the status about these killings.

We ask that you pause any use of the SMART tool until we can better understand your decision-making, rollout process, and evaluation plan.