Chris Smith

The number of abducted children continues to rise at an alarming rate, and precious little is being done about it.

Hold this trade bill. Hold this trade bill.

When someone says that they don't have the time, they have stated not a fact but a priority.

The legislation that we are introducing is named the Sean and David Goldman International Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act because there are successes that can be had, but levers need to be pulled, especially when you have a…

Mr. Goldman has been a trailblazer in opening the eyes of our country to the agony endured by left-behind parents.

If you don't care about it enough to sanction it, that sends a very clear, unmistakable message to an offending country.

The return rates are almost identical for non-Hague and Hague countries, just below 40 percent.

Madeleine Albright was unalterably opposed to sanctions when it came to combatting human trafficking.

You know, with Egypt, there is no MOU dealing with abduction. There is no MOU with Egypt, or bilateral agreement.

We need some game-changers. And an MOU, I believe, would do that.

If it brings home one child, it will be well worth the effort.

I mean, this legislation can move and should move quickly. It has been delayed far too long for whatever reasons.

The status quo, despite best intentions, is simply not adequate.

I introduced legislation which we entitled the Sean and David Goldman Child Abduction Prevention and Return Act, and I will reintroduce it shortly.

The Convention has helped return many children, but it is far from a silver bullet.

The damage to the child and the left-behind parent is incalculable, and often lifelong.

Just to underscore that the Trafficking Victims Protection Act made it very clear in its definition that anyone who has not yet attained the age of 18 and anyone who commits an act, one commercial sex act, is liable for the full sanctions.

The three P's of Prevention, Protection, and Prosecution have become the standards by which we evaluate every country's anti-trafficking efforts.

I, too, want to thank you for your leadership and for holding this extraordinarily important hearing on best practices by the local and private sectors.

I chaired a hearing in this room. The first in a series on gross violations of global online freedom especially in China.

I think we were more than willing to work with the corporations to try to find a way that is very corporate friendly but also human rights friendly.

It seems to me to make no sense for us to allow U.S. companies to sell technologies of repression to dictators.

Despite all the problems, despite all the threats, despite all of the risks, I remain fundamentally optimistic.

The Chinese people are increasingly questioning their government's support for Kim Jong Un.

China's actions are ensuring that there will always be refugees trying to escape North Korea.