Chris Smith

The best way to honor the legacy of Liu Xiaobo would be for the United States and so many other countries around the world to stand in solidarity with the Chinese people's struggle for freedom, democracy, and human rights.

I would urge all freedom-loving countries around the world, starting with the United States, to rename the street in front of the Chinese Embassy Liu Xiaobo Plaza.

I just want to commend the Trump administration for finally holding China to account as a Tier 3 violator. A worst offender. The pending bill makes a number of important reforms to the TIP Report and how it is prepared. My hope is that we…

I thank the distinguished chairman Ed Royce for yielding. I thank him for his leadership on trafficking, for this bill in particular, for the markup, and for all of the assistance he provided. I also thank Eliot Engel, our ranking member…

I have written two laws on microcredit financing, targeting the poorest of the poor, reauthorizing the funding.

The Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act, a bill that I have introduced

CARE points out that women still lag behind men in access to financial services by 7 percent worldwide, 9 percent in developing countries.

I want to thank my very good friend from California for his graciousness in yielding me this time and for his wonderful work as a Member of Congress on human rights and pro-life issues. I thank him for that leadership. Mr. Speaker…

We cannot . . . will not . . . forget those in China bravely seeking liberty and justice and the unalienable rights we all share.

The United States must be a beacon of liberty and a champion of individual rights and freedoms.

The one thing that gives me hope is that the people of China long for liberty, justice and opportunity.

The empty chair at Oslo speaks volumes about the Communist Party's abiding fear that freedom will upend the power of the privileged few.

That is an extremely difficult task when you read the horrifying and sadistic accounts of torture and enforced disappearances experienced by lawyers and rights advocates.

It is our duty to stand with them in this monumental task.

For the United States to surrender to an authoritarian country like China would be defeatist and, indeed, ultimately, it will be counterproductive.

I feel it is imperative that the U.S. Government should maintain its leadership position in the United Nations Human Rights Council.

They wanted softballs by a compliant press, kissy-faced diplomacy by people who say, oh, are you not just great and making progress.

The hypocrisy of the United Nations Human Rights Commission.

Marco Rubio knows, who has been absolutely tenacious in fighting against human rights abuse all over the world, but including Cuba.

It was appalling, lack of diplomatic civility.

If there are any lobbyists or lawyers representing the Chinese embassy here today, you do not have to stand up, but it would be nice if you would.

Now, with charges of subversion against lawyers China's leaders are saying that lawyers are enemies of the state...

The intent of the Party is to take lawyers who were previously able to represent people in the kinds of grievances...

Nikki Haley has said, yes, we do want him to be allowed to leave along with his wife, Liu Xiaobo.

I think that we may be seeing a change of heart by the U.S. Government.