Chris Smith actually said...

"Let me just ask you, in total candor, has the United States raised the issues of these defectors in a robust manner?"

"I do hope in that regard that we can reach Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, because when she was a mere Member of Congress her voice was one of the loudest, and clearest, and bravest on human rights viol..."

"it is literally a matter of life and death for those refugees that are being held by China right now."

"the Chinese Government, so that repatriation will not occur and that these refugees will be able to go to South Korea or the United States."