Chris Smith actually said...

"Long-time allies Australia, New Zealand, and Canada have been rocked by scandals involving Chinese sponsored influence operations targeting politicians, businesses, and academic institutions."

"Can you imagine what a China that respects human rights and the liberty and the dignity of all people, their own and others abroad, could do in partnership with the United States?"

"I did thank Rex Tillerson for putting China on Tier 3 on the TIP Report. It is an egregious violator of trafficking."

"Nobody likes to talk about that because it's not politically correct, but I will talk about it every day of the week."