We must continue to signal to those in China who yearn and hope for reform...
Tim Walz
The Public Record
Tim Walz is an American politician serving as the 41st governor of Minnesota since January 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented Minnesota's 1st congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2019. During his time in Congress, Walz focused on issues such as veterans' affairs, education, and healthcare, advocating for policies that support working families and rural communities.
Thank you for holding this hearing on the report from the Congressional-Executive Commission on China but thank the two of you for being beacons and role models for all of us on the quest for human rights.
Chen not only overcame the hardships of being blinded at a young age, but succeeded in becoming an inspiring legal advocate.
Walz, Hon. Tim, a U.S. Representative from Minnesota; Ranking Member, Congressional-Executive Commission on China.
We cannot rewrite history today, but we can determine how we will act differently tomorrow.
I think it does trouble a lot of Americans, this idea of lecturing other countries on human rights when we certainly have our past transgressions...
America is great because America is good. If America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.
We need to take immediate, urgent, decisive and persistent action because if we do not, China's today and China's past will become our future.
The other commission that was created by Congress, of course, deals with other major problems including political and military as well as economic security.





