Chris Smith

We know that China is killing the Uyghurs and the Falun Gong and the Christians and the Tibetans, and we cannot do anything because our financial and our economy depends on them.

Thank you for a very comprehensive analysis of the problem.

Mass graves of more than 5,000 Christians and other Southern Sudanese, aerial bombardments at night of refugee camps.

The Commission will come to order.

Now the new anti-Semitism is not necessarily pointed at the Jewish people, but pointed at Israel, that they exist in Israel as a nation and the people who live in it.

The United States, more than any other country in the world, paid very heavy price to free Iraq from dictatorship.

Bishop Ramirez said, that the greatest number of religious persecutions and discriminatory activities is directed at Christians.

I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.

I was shocked at the time when IRFA was strongly opposed on the record by the Clinton administration.

I found that very disconcerting that this administration is missing the care and missing that action when it comes to freedom of religion.

The solution--connecting the American aid and the international trade with improvement of the human rights situation record in these countries.

I do think it is time to look at that $1.3 billion and all money flowing to the country of Egypt because of this heightened crackdown on the Coptic Christians.

I would hope that there would be ways to really have bipartisan cooperation around these issues...

It is time, she said, we are beyond the allegation stage, it is real and it is pervasive.

It does raise very serious questions about credibility.

It would be totally unjust if he allows this Commission to expire.

I think we do need government involvement in this and government has to take the lead.

I believe dictatorships need two things to survive: The control of the message, the propaganda message, and secret police.

I think it needs to be prodded sometimes.

In 2006, I introduced the Global Online Freedom Act. I am going to reintroduce it very shortly.

I applaud this move as a positive first step. I look forward to learning what we can do to address this pressing issue.

Our Nation invented the Internet. We invented a First Amendment. We're the global standard-bearer for both economic and political freedom.

I'm deeply worried about what that means for more torture, as you are, I'm sure, more killings in the streets.

I really think the United States has to be prepared to take action in terms of real economic consequences.

I held a series of hearings in my Subcommittee on Human Rights about why we were so naive to think that China would adhere to the rules and regulations prescribed by the WTO.