Chris Smith actually said...

"Today, we will hear the cries for release and freedom from five remarkable daughters on behalf of their wrongly imprisoned fathers and from a dad on behalf of his unjustly jailed son."

"I can assure you that our human rights subcommittee will continue doggedly to try to reach the hearts and minds of our own Government officials."

"What are you doing in-country? Has the Ambassador, our U.S. Ambassador, tried to see Chen Kegui?"

"When China bullies, incarcerates, tortures, and even executes a prisoner of conscience, their entire family and friends suffer an excruciating sense of loss, bewilderment, emotional pain, and agony."