Katrina Lantos Swett: “Congress has an extraordinary role, has had an extraordinary role historically in being the conscience of our nation…”

Every human being has the right to freedom and of the freedom from religion, and ensuring these rights are upheld and protected worldwide should be a key component to American foreign policy.

Any independent religious expression is targeted in China . . . unless practitioners of whatever faith basically submit to government-controlled religious organizations and religious worship, they are at risk of becoming a target.

This is going to be part of our official policy that the promotion of human rights should be a central and principal goal of American foreign policy.

By using these tools, and, frankly, I believe they have never been fully used, the U.S. can encourage respect for this right.