Chris Smith actually said...

We will look very carefully at all of the recommendations that you have made, and I hope that we can look to move on them expeditiously.

It is USCIRF's independence that allows it to shine a spotlight on abuses of religious freedom.

It really is unconscionable that in a place that we liberated... would become a bastion of intolerance toward religious freedom.

We are never going to make any progress toward democratization and true respect for human rights in China until we address the religious fre...