Chris Smith: “I will continue to advocate for human rights and democracy in China.”

Mr. Speaker, for far too long, Iran has held the world hostage with its nuclear threats, unbridled violence and hate, pervasive use of torture and rape, and Nazi-like anti-Semitism. Iran is the world's worst state sponsor of terrorism. All…

It is the absolute critical node on their path to sovereignty, security, and sustained democracy.

We must act now, and we must act decisively. The lives of so many lie in the balance.

There is a great deal of support for Jimmy Lai. As we all know, he is 78. He got a 20-year prison sentence on top of the 5 he has already served. It is a death sentence. He is not well. He has a number of maladies that are affecting his…