Chris Smith

I personally am disappointed that we did not get these meetings that we wanted for Geng He.

The United Nations, frankly, needs to do a lot more.

We Must Immediately Stop the Brutality That Suffocates Our Nation's Conscience and Morality

We ask that Mr. Xi put an end to China's oppression of human rights heroes and allow these inspiring men and women to return to their families without delay.

My hope springs eternal that this administration will see what they are doing to the cause of democracy and the individuals who suffer for it, a grave injustice by its indifference and wrong signal sending.

At the end of the day any administration, I believe, should be measured by results and not by effort.

The China Commission hopes that the issue of human rights abuses in China will be raised in a serious and visible way.

Those words--words do matter.

We need to stand in solidarity with the oppressed, not with the oppressor. Regrettably, we are doing just the opposite.

only the United States can make this case to China.

injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends.

What kind of a signal do you want to send to the Chinese dictators, to these oppressors?

The signals of indifference and really being uninformed about how powerful, if used, the leverage and the voice of the President, Vice President, and Secretary of State could actually be in getting people out of prison who are suffering…

I ask you to continue to report on this case so the truth about Zhisheng's treatment at the hands of the Chinese Government will be known to the world.

The people of China deserve better than what they are getting from the dictatorship.

I appeal to the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Government to help reunite my family and to urge China's leaders to release my husband immediately and without condition.

The Chinese government's one child per couple policy, with its attendant horrors of mass forced abortion and rampant sex selection abortion, is utterly without parallel.

I hope that President Obama does not put human rights last on the agenda, or not at all.

President Obama, listen to these courageous women--Geng He and Li Jing--and act decisively.

As Chairman, I hope that President Obama doesn't put human rights last on the agenda--or not at all--as he did when Chinese President Hu Jintao visited the White House on January 19th, 2011.

The enabling of high-tech to enable a dictatorship to find, apprehend, and incarcerate people of faith... calls out for this legislation.

We cannot forget where we come from and both of you deserve huge credit for your ongoing efforts over so many years.

I hope that the White House, the House and the Senate, and I hope that Xi Jinping is listening to this appeal from two wives for your individual husbands.

Opening statement of Hon. Chris Smith, a U.S. Representative from New Jersey; Chairman, Congressional-Executive Commission on China.