Chris Smith actually said...

"We need to use our leverage to try to compel their release."

"If human rights issues are not explicitly linked to our economic and security interests, we risk having discussions on trade and defense moving forward while human rights conditions go in the opposite..."

"I agree with the commission's conclusion that Vietnam should be designated immediately a Country of Particular Concern because of its egregious record of suppression and repression of human rights."

"The U.S. Government must continue to press the Vietnamese Government on truly fundamental human rights issues."