Chris Smith

I am very concerned by reports that U.S. companies are selling equipment and technology that is being used by the Chinese Government in its ubiquitous surveillance and detention program.

Xi Jinping is truly in a race to the bottom with North Korea when it comes to human rights.

The internet was never meant to be a zone of impunity for traffickers and their accomplices, including classified ad websites, that turn a blind eye to or actively facilitate to profit from the sex trafficking of children. Yet we are…

And on that last point, Mr. Ambassador, that is exactly why we are having this hearing.

China is in a terrible, terrible race to the bottom with North Korea on human rights abuses.

We remember Morgan Tsvangirai, recently deceased of course, but we remember him for his unwavering struggle.

It was a 37-year rule which sadly betrayed the post-colonial aspirations of freedom.

Elections have got to be credible. They have got to be peaceful. They must be transparent.

The U.S. should see meaningful progress toward these reforms before we revise our current policy.

For many Zimbabweans, and for many years, envisioning a Zimbabwe without Mugabe was considered a fool's errand.

Your commitment and concern about Africa is legendary.

I want to thank my good friend for yielding, and I rise in strong support of H.R. 3542, the Hamas Human Shields Prevention Act, introduced, sponsored, and authored by my good friend and colleague Joe Wilson; and we are all very grateful he…

Changing Chinese behavior will not be easy. But it is time to walk the walk.

It is time to insist that American businesses do their part to protect the human rights of Tibetans and all the people of China.

We must support the robust use of the Global Magnitsky Act to hold accountable Chinese officials responsible for human rights abuses.

China should permit His Holiness the Dalai Lama to return to Tibet for a visit if he so desires.

If China wants its citizens and officials to travel freely in the U.S., Americans must be able to travel freely in China, including Tibet.

To start, Congress must pass the Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act, the bill I introduced in the House last session.

China needs to face real consequences for its actions in Tibet. And that means we in Congress need to step up the pressure.

I see no evidence that things are getting better for the Tibetan people, and so it is critically important that Congress speak out in support of Tibetan rights.

Thank you to the Co-Chairs of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Representative Christopher Smith (R-NJ), for holding today's hearing, Tibet 'From all Angles.'

My hope is that this President will do it.

Profits trump human rights.

That cannot preclude a human rights focus because the victims are every day, and they are proliferating.

I think we really have to be far more aggressive in holding the Chinese to account.