Chris Smith actually said...

"As we speak, we can only assume that self-taught lawyer Chen Guangcheng...languishes with his wife, Yuan Weijing and six-year-old daughter."

"Opening statement of Hon. Chris Smith, a U.S. Representative from New Jersey; Chairman, Congressional-Executive Commission on China."

"We are convening this emergency hearing to examine the plight of an extraordinarily brave man and his equally extraordinary and courageous wife."

"We don't have a lot of leverage outside of China, but we do have one point of leverage--soft power--that seems to be just not used and I don't understand why."