Chris Smith actually said...

"We are looking at Xi Jinping as someone who admires the excesses of Mao Zedong and seeks to emulate him in some way."

"The Congress should pass a China Democracy Act."

"It is time for the United States to begin the era of an engaged China with moral and strategic clarity."

"After Xi Jinping took over power, much illegal government behavior that existed in the past is even more widely used now and is becoming the norm."