Chris Smith actually said...

"Twenty-six years ago the world watched as millions of Chinese gathered to peacefully demand political reform and democratic openness."

"I am not pessimistic, but hopeful."

"The Chinese government should allow open discussion of the Tiananmen protests and end the enforced amnesia surrounding the events of 1989."

"It is the people at this table that are making all the difference in the world, and the people that are incarcerated and struggling every day in China."