Chris Smith actually said...

"An unfettered press keeps checks on the Congress, on the President."

"I've raised torture many times. I've written laws to combat torture, raised it in our Ethiopia Human Rights Act, as one of the conditionalities."

"The money that you quoted is simply a reflection of that. Everybody has given up."

"It is very important, Congressman Smith, to realize that the Charities and Societies Proclamation is one part of a broader capture of institutions in Ethiopia."