Chris Smith actually said...

"But evil need not be forever, and the suffering believers in China... are absolutely tenacious and courageous and long-suffering."

"I am very concerned that people have forgotten that China could have made a pivot toward democracy and freedom and chose tanks and brutality instead."

"It has always been bad, Representative Smith, but I hear the stories of so many Ahmadi refugees who are fleeing."

"We will look very carefully at all of the recommendations that you have made, and I hope that we can look to move on them expeditiously."