Chris Smith actually said...

"there are a number of things one might wish to see done differently, perhaps even better with respect to the ongoing social, economic and political development of Ethiopia."

"I announce today we are going to reintroduce the Ethiopia Human Rights Act with very serious benchmarks."

"Why is that? I'm baffled by it."

"The U.S. administration wants to continue the relationship with Ethiopia. In order to do that it has to come to terms with this issue of a brutal regime that is torturing its own people."