Chris Smith

The freedom of the media worldwide is under siege particularly at the totalitarian countries.

A free, unfettered press is extraordinarily important.

The world can't ignore what's happening there. We must all stand up and oppose these human rights violations.

A major American network censored a television show; it was afraid to offend China.

The future of Hong Kong and human rights in general cannot be sidelined as part of those conversations.

I’ll be reintroducing the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act which updates our Hong Kong policy.

I agree 1,000 percent. But what I am concerned about--now there isn't that much time.

We need to focus on human rights, and we need to focus on Hong Kong.

Would any of you like to speak to the ugliness of sinicization coming to Hong Kong, the war on religion by Xi Jinping?

I would ask unanimous consent, Mr. Chairman, that the op-ed be included in the record because I do think it highlights that no one's excluded.

You allow all the surveillance cameras into your church, which is what they're doing.

The arc of history does not bend toward justice without concerted action from all freedom-loving people.

Disappointment does not go far enough. In my opinion, Benny Tai and Chan Kin-man and others jailed for organizing peaceful protests should be considered political prisoners.

Beijing's increasingly rough oversight of Hong Kong may not be as brutal as that pursued on the mainland, but it is no less pernicious.

Over the past five years the CECC has shined a bright light on developments in Hong Kong.

I hope and pray that there's no retaliation for your appearance here today.

We must stand with the people of Hong Kong.

It has not happened. They now pose an existential threat, I believe, to their neighbors and perhaps beyond.

There is a communist government agenda that permeates the entire thing.

The bottom line is that any thought of human rights being discussed is a demonstrable no.

The ruling Community Party has undertaken the most comprehensive attempt to either control or to destroy all faiths.

They are an egregious violator of human rights, on human trafficking, sex and human trafficking.

Their hope is to get to a thousand Confucius Centers in just a couple years.

Everywhere we look it is the same cookie cutter approach by the Chinese Government to influence other countries.

I think it is real. I see it all over Africa.