Chris Smith

Chinese companies not only pay their workers 10 to 50 cents per hour, but they also do not have OSHA protections...

Mediation between unequals is not always a happy process.

Yet, under Clinton, under Bush, and now under Obama, we have made workers' rights a non-priority.

If you want to equalize trade advantages and a global economy that works for all workers in every country, we have to pay attention to Chinese labor and we have to pay attention to the agency of Chinese workers.

The Chinese Government is also facing a dilemma.

Have they done what Ms. Lee has asked; have workers' rights in China been made a priority?

Despite legislative developments that purport to ensure some labor protections in China in recent years, abuse and exploitation of Chinese workers remain widespread.

I want to especially thank both the chairman of this Commission, Representative Chris Smith, and co-chair, Senator Sherrod Brown, for your leadership and commitment to introduce the Decent Working Conditions and Fair Competition Act in…

My hope is that reform, fomented by the people that are here, their leaders, the people inside of China who have had enough, will lead to freedom and democracy and, hopefully, a new dawn for the people of China.

I think that we need to see human rights as a core and fundamental value of the United States.

We need to enforce the law. We have laws that will make a difference.

Geng He... made yet another strong appeal for her husband, who has been tortured with unbelievable animosity by the Government of China.

Must-carry is important to many small rural communities, and if it goes away... you will not be able to afford those markets.

You emphasize that you want the people of Peru and the people in this area to have jobs but not at the expense of people's health, well-being and whether or not their health is degraded by these chemicals and these minerals and…

If we are not protecting our people from environmental hazards, we have failed utterly.

The people who are defending the health of the people of La Oroya in La Oroya, they are heroes;

Does such a mechanism exist in Peru? Is it being contemplated by the government? But, currently, does it exist?

The most egregious intellectual property rights thief in the world today is China.

We feel like we are on the right path because we are defending the life and the health of the population.

Economic growth and vigorous exports are vital to our economic prosperity, sustainability, and now, in these difficult times, recovery.

I am grateful to Congressman Christopher Smith, the chair of the subcommittee, and to Congresswoman Karen Bass, the ranking member, for this opportunity to be a witness before you, witness to the joys and the sorrows and the hopes of the…

It is not the economy that we need to be looking out for. It is the human beings that we need to be looking out for.

I thank the distinguished gentlelady, the chairwoman of our committee, for her great leadership in the defense of Israel. I thank as well my good friend and colleague, the ranking member, Mr. Berman. These two individuals work hard every…

I don't have any agenda other than that. And I would ask that they recognize those things about the patients and advocates.

I am shocked and dismayed by the inability to do the same, I introduced almost identical bills...