Chris Smith actually said...

"Why is the international community allowing China this cost-free deployment of soft power without any push-back, without any conditions, without any critical scrutiny?"

"We've got to be serious about human rights, and I know you three are."

"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."

"I'm hoping that this Commission will be a light."