Dec 17, 2012
Are we doing enough, the United States, the President, the Congress? How is the United Nations doing on this?
Chris Smith
The Public Record
Chris Smith is a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing New Jersey's 4th congressional district since 1981. Throughout his tenure, he has focused on a range of issues including human rights, foreign affairs, and health care. Smith has been involved in various legislative efforts aimed at improving health services and advocating for the rights of individuals both domestically and internationally. His long-standing service in Congress has made him a prominent figure in New Jersey politics.
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Dec 17, 2012
Opening statement of Hon. Christopher Smith, a U.S. Representative from New Jersey; Chairman, Congressional-Executive Commission on China.
Dec 11, 2012
We would see, at least on the margin if not even more than that, I believe, the release of prisoners, including Liu Xiaobo, if we took seriously our obligation and did not act out of fear.
Dec 11, 2012
I think everyone here wants to see China have a strong, healthy, and successful future, but the only way it is going to do that is if it addresses the kinds of issues that Liu Xiaobo has raised, especially having to do with reconciliation…
Dec 11, 2012
I put together a very strong group of dissidents who asked the President to raise the issue boldly.
Dec 11, 2012
I often am concerned when it comes to human rights that some people get compassion fatigue.
Dec 11, 2012
We have not forgotten Liu Xiaobo and his wife. We commit to seeking their release from confinement and detention.
Dec 11, 2012
It seems to me that it is time to find our voice and that voice needs to be in the White House.
Dec 11, 2012
Frankly, it goes back to the early 1990s. Bill Clinton linked human rights with trade and I, as a Republican, applauded that Democrat in the White House robustly.
Dec 11, 2012
Sadly, he did not. It was so bad that the Washington Post, in an editorial after the joint press conference, wrote, 'President Obama Defends Hu Jintao on Rights.'
Dec 11, 2012
I hope the American government, especially President Obama, can personally and directly put out a strong call to the Chinese government, and demand that they release Liu Xiaobo and Liu Xia immediately.
Dec 11, 2012
When history's pen writes about your time, represents your country in China, you will want its ink to clearly underline your having made the case for Dr. Liu's release and his wife's freedom.
Dec 11, 2012
The Chinese Government counts on, I believe, naivete and the ability to manipulate U.S. media.
Dec 11, 2012
I thought was an insult, frankly, to the Chinese people, including some of the leaders and people who have suffered at our witness table themselves.
Dec 11, 2012
It is amazing to me. I have been here 32 years as a Member of Congress and I've been working on China since I got here on human rights.
Dec 11, 2012
It has now been a year since we last convened a hearing to discuss this outrageous and senseless violation.
Dec 10, 2012
It seems that guilt over the Clinton administration's colossal failure responding effectively, as they did not, to the genocide in Rwanda, has led to subsequent U.S. administrations being reluctant to criticize the Government of Rwanda.
Dec 10, 2012
Our desire is not to hurt the Rwandan people. Our desire is not to cut them off from essential support for agricultural, education, or health programs.
Dec 10, 2012
A credible, internationally driven peace process that deals with the root causes and includes broader Eastern Congolese civil society won't absolutely guarantee peace, but its absence, however, absolutely guarantees war.
Dec 10, 2012
Let's be clear about this aid. We don't want health and education and microenterprise, the kind of small-scale assistance that goes to the people of Rwanda to be stopped.
Dec 10, 2012
Thank you, all three, for your extraordinary insights again and testimony...
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