Chris Smith actually said...

You are there to protect our rights. It is not from the state.

Smith emphasizes that the state should protect religious freedoms, not grant them.

07/17/2023

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Smith, Hon. Christopher, a U.S. Representative From New Jersey; Chairman, Congressional-Executive Commission on China.

Under President Xi Jinping's version of the rule of law, the law is being used to more effectively curb freedom of expression.

In Hong Kong, mainland China's political interference and its abduction of booksellers threatens the rule of law.

Encourage Japan to take the lead in promoting democracy in the Asia Pacific...