Chris Smith

I do hope that that is something you might want to speak to. Because I think every dollar we invest in U.N. Peacekeeping, especially in a place like Abyei, is a dollar well-served.

I think President Bush would be more than helpful and effective in saying, 'Get with the program, Mr. President.'

I do believe, having met the man and having had an opportunity to engage in substantive discourse with him, Prime Minister Abiy is the right man for the right time and therefore deserving of our support.

With this in mind, the United States must remain a strong partner with Ethiopia, someone we know that they can call upon, and I know we are.

We both really strongly made the point that his soldiers need to be trained in how to mitigate human trafficking.

I think that was a great step forward.

I have spent more than 25 years working on and written a number of laws on, and I raise it everywhere every time I go.

I thank you so very much, Mr. Secretary, again, for your leadership and for being here today.

We hope that the resolution has made some difference.

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If we don't get serious about this and...real penalties levied on the Chinese. They rely on exports in all things.

We need to see concrete results, how many convictions, where are we really collaborating.

It is an all-out assault on religion and to hear the Chinese Government's response is as if religious freedom flourishes within the PRC.

For years, administrations would not put China on what we call tier 3, egregious violator for labor and sex trafficking.

We must hold the Chinese Government accountable.

As I think all of you know, on August 18th, the President at a Cabinet meeting admonished Jeff Sessions to really increase significantly the efforts regarding to fentanyl and to the opioid crisis.

We urge anyone with specific and credible information about the complicity of Chinese government officials in human rights abuses in Xinjiang to send that information to us.

No one should profit from representing authoritarian countries, particularly when they constantly seek to undermine U.S. values and interests.

How can any law firm or lobby shop shill for the government of China while Uyghurs are so brutally and forcefully assimilated?

What is clear from news reports is that Uyghurs are being detained in 'reeducation centers' throughout Xinjiang.

Targeted and tough economic sanctions are the only way to convince China's leaders that they have a clear interest in ending the repression of China's Muslim minorities.

There is a dire need to shine a light on the stunning and outrageous detention of nearly one million Uyghurs and other Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang.

One day Xinjiang's reeducation camps, under one name or another, are going to join that list of widely recognized atrocities.

We are behind the curve on that reaction which is considered historically now to be insufficient.

It is a testament to your bravery and courage that you have not been silenced and that you appear here today.