Chris Smith actually said...

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

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

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

"It seems to me that the United States has a moral duty, our Government, to put a tourniquet to the greatest extent possible on this deterioration."