Chris Smith

I believe that the Hong Kong people have done the world a great service.

The people of Hong Kong have shown us this summer--in often creative and inspiring ways--that a free people will not accept the boot of repression without protest.

Thank you for your courage and bravery. We stand in solidarity with you.

You've got to look a dictatorship in the eye and say, 'We're not kidding.'

Xi Jinping is bringing dishonor to himself and to his government with his abuse of people.

There is no disputing the fact that under Xi Jinping, human rights abuses have seriously worsened.

You cannot seek to be a trusted international development partner and engage in predatory economic practices through your Belt and Road Initiative.

I'm concerned about what mainland China's actions are going to be in relation to that and whether there will be more violence as a result as they try to flex their authority.

The question is, which model is going to win? Is it going to be the model that we promote here in the United States with the rule of law and with freedom of expression, and with democracy, or is it going to be authoritarianism?

It's really one world with two models, and they are meeting each other in Hong Kong right now.

Here in the United States of America, we have believed since Nixon went to China that the more that China was exposed to our way of life in the United States and to the West, that they would become more like us.

Hong Kong is not a Chinese internal affair, and the world has a responsibility to help the people of Hong Kong.

China's leaders must either respect Hong Kong's autonomy or know that their escalating aggression will lead them to face real consequences.

I hope we quickly pass the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, which I hope will be heard next week in committee.

It is the continuing erosion of Hong Kong's autonomy and rule of law that fuels the protests in Hong Kong today.

I look forward to hearing from today's witnesses what those demands are specifically.

U.S. companies should not be selling equipment used to violently crack down on pro-democracy protesters.

Today, I ask the Committee to move H.R. 2435, the Accelerating Veterans Recovery Outdoors Act, which I introduced with Representative Adam Smith.

Thank you, Chairman Takano, for your continued efforts to support and improve the health programs available to our nation's veterans.

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