Chris Smith

They have put more than a million Uyghurs in concentration camps, more than a million--in the 21st century.

It is time to make condemnations. It is time to express concern. It is time to apply much harder, much stronger actions.

It's a group of bandits who stole the position of ruling one of the largest countries.

We have the International Religious Freedom Act filled with sanctions that need to be levied against China.

I believe that someday China will be free.

Human rights matter; so does the rule of law.

The heroes who will soon be testifying underscore the importance that we attach, the profound importance, of remembering the infamous Tiananmen Square massacre.

If I could, one of the ways that the message got out during the crisis of Ebola in Sierra Leone and Liberia was with cell phones.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Thank you for convening this very important and timely hearing.

We were able to dodge that bullet as well.

Thank you for convening this very important and timely hearing.

We certainly do not want to do anything to reward a country that is a Tier 3 status, but, on the other hand, we have this situation where have Ebola in a Tier 3 country.

I believe that it is imperative that we not let Ebola reach Goma because, if it does, it is highly probable that it will reach Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia, and South Sudan.

This Administration has an opportunity and an obligation to try to stop the deadly outbreak, and that is why we are having this hearing and I am introducing the Ebola Eradication Act of 2019.

The S-400 purchase is not only unhelpful to this end, but damaging and dangerous.

I would also like to express my support for House Resolution 129, which highlights Saudi Arabia's troubling detention and persecution of women's rights activities.

I strongly support my colleagues to support H.R. 2023, Protect European Energy Security Act introduced by Mr. Heck of Washington.

I cannot think of a better person to be running our USAID than Mark Green.

Thankfully, Congress is a check and we do, I think, get it right most of the time.

We were in lockstep in trying to get this legislation passed with a very, very serious emphasis on the lack of press freedom in Ethiopia.

The chilling effect this has on unfettered reporting is abominable.

I do think we need to do what we can do right now and to do it.

We do not want to have any more of that, frankly.

We really do not know how many journalists are in prison in China.

Things are going from bad to worse in Vietnam.