Chris Smith actually said...

"It is time that the United States lead the free world's democracies in holding the Chinese government accountable for its ongoing blatant repression of the Chinese people."

"What is too high? What is the arbitrary level that human rights abuses accountability should be set at?"

"Thank you, Representative McGovern and Senator Rubio, for convening this joint hearing of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China and the Lantos Human Rights Commission."

"We must stand with the oppressed Tibetan Buddhist monk, the silenced human rights lawyer, the imprisoned Christian pastor, the disappeared Uyghur Muslim, the disillusioned Hong Kong democracy activist..."