Chris Smith actually said...

"We believe Myanmar, Thailand, and Malaysia fail to meet the minimum standards in the last year and deserve Tier 3 status."

"But when it's combined with the treatment of North Koreans not as refugees but as economic migrants who if sent back to North Korea, as my colleague on the panel here indicated, would be punished, tha..."

"The use and recruitment of child soldiers throughout the country does continue, unfortunately."

"A downgrade for Myanmar would send a very clear message to the military that it needs to cooperate with the new NLD government to combat human trafficking."