Chris Smith actually said...

"Thank you so very much, Chairman Chabot. And likewise, a good and extraordinarily effective friend."

"If they were the most qualified applicants we could hire them, absolutely."

"One can argue about all the defects of the current order, but I assure you with absolute certainty that you do not want a global regime set up and dominated by the Chinese Communist Party."

"I think we need to take a hard look at this sort of self-censorship and how it relates to the academic freedom of American institutions."