Chris Smith actually said...

"The Chinese Communist Party has tried to curtail his ideas, they call them dangerous and subversive, and they seek to silence, censor, and repress them."

"Liu Xiaobo's premature death was a jarring shock to everyone who admired this champion of freedom and democracy."

"What can we do within the purview of Article I to help perpetuate the legacy of this great leader to convey to our Chinese partners that we care, that we will not sit by idly as members of, say, for e..."

"My hope is--and we will, as the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, which I also co-chair with Marco Rubio--I think it would be very timely for us to write them and ask them to raise the issu..."