Tim Walz

I say it's not a choice because there's no stability without human rights.

I want to make it very clear that my constituents in Southern Minnesota care about that child because her father spoke out for things that are universally accepted as basic human rights.

The number-one call to my office is, let's just cut foreign aid and we could balance the budget.

If the United States, in 1989, had taken a very different approach, if President Reagan had been in office, we would see a different China and we would have a different U.S.-China relationship.

The dictatorship wants to maintain the current trade, the current profitability.

I have a profound respect for the Chinese people and culture and want to see... if there is an ability as us as people...

We, China, is a big fat piece of meat. The United States, the Western countries, they're going to scream and kick for a few years and then they are going to come back because they each want a piece of us.

Thank you, Congressman Walz, for your wonderful speech and support for Chen's case.

Let us remind our friends in China that all great nations achieve more through open dialogue and free flow of information than through forced silence.

We urge China to embrace Chen and other civil rights activists and make room for these selfless heroes.

We urge China today to end this ongoing illegal detention and to free Chen and his family.

We cannot believe China is serious about the rule of law while Chen Guangcheng and his family are being forcefully held and abused.

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.

I thank the gentleman. I thank all the speakers today. Mr. Speaker, you just witnessed something--an hour-long discussion on energy policy that did not demonize producers of energy and did not demonize conservation groups, did not point…

I want to be very clear, and I have to say Mr. Schoenhard, Mr. Johnson might have given you some good advice to listen to the wing commander.

This is a zero sum proposition we are at and I certainly take no pleasure, and I can assure all of you that it is not through collaboration that this hearing is taking a pretty direct turn in a very frustrating and quite honestly a very…

I am the staunchest supporter of the VA and because of that I am the harshest critic because the job is too important.

H.R. 1025 (Rep. Walz, D-MN) passed the House on 11 October 2011 and has been referred to the Senate.

Thanks to both of you. I know you are busy folks, but if we can find a reason to bring you up here, I always feel better when you are here.

My only regret today is that our fellow Americans couldn't see how this was done.

I am truly impressed with my colleagues asking, and the answers you gave, about measuring effectiveness with symmetrics.

I want to thank you both for your passion on this for bringing this hearing together.

I think it has been hit on, the multiple returns not just to the warriors who earned every bit of our support.

I can't help but leave much more optimistic, much more encouraged to where things are at.