Chris Smith

Great nations have great responsibility.

Demand that the Chinese Communist Party respect the UN International Treaty on Human Rights.

Prevent human rights abusing officials from entering the United States.

When a dictatorial regime uses force to suppress its people, the United States should act decisively to stop it.

Deny foreign tax credits to companies that invest in the localities with gross human rights violations...

The United States must recognize that China's internal repression drives its external aggression.

We continue to speak out on these issues, we continue to find common ground.

Use the UN human rights mechanism as leverage...

Use the Chinese regime's lack of legitimacy and moral standing as leverage...

Encourage Japan to take the lead in promoting democracy in the Asia Pacific...

Use Taiwan and Hong Kong as leverage.

A strategy of engagement through trade, investment, and people-to-people exchanges has not lead to a freer China.

In Hong Kong, mainland China's political interference and its abduction of booksellers threatens the rule of law.

Under President Xi Jinping's version of the rule of law, the law is being used to more effectively curb freedom of expression.

This has been another dark and difficult year for Chinese rights defenders and democracy activists.

Smith, Hon. Christopher, a U.S. Representative From New Jersey; Chairman, Congressional-Executive Commission on China.

It seems to me that the United States has a moral duty, our Government, to put a tourniquet to the greatest extent possible on this deterioration.

Taiwan continues to prove that a free flourishing economically successful Chinese democracy in civil society is possible.

I was able to attend Tsai Ing-wen's swearing in. That was the third president of Taiwan that I have been able to attend the swearing in.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in strong support of H. Con. Res. 165, in support of direct bilateral negotiations to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, introduced by Chairman Royce and Ranking Member Engel. This…

I thank the distinguished chair for his sponsorship of the Iran Sanctions Extension Act, H.R. 6297. This is a must-pass measure that would extend for 10 years the Iran Sanctions Act, a critical set of sanctions targeting Iran's energy…

I want to thank my good friend and colleague, Ed Royce, the chairman of our committee, for his leadership on all things related to the Syrian crisis, the Iranian crisis, and the large number of hearings that we have had that have brought a…

I want to thank my good friend and colleague, the distinguished chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Mr. Royce; Ranking Member Eliot Engel; and Ms. Bass, who is the ranking member on the Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights…

During the Commission's 2016 reporting year, the Chinese government and Communist Party continued to restrict expression in contravention of international human rights standards, including Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil…

I want to thank my good friend, Mr. Goodlatte, for yielding; and I want to thank Mr. Goodlatte and Mr. King for their extraordinary leadership on this bill. Mr. Speaker, with all due respect to the President of the United States, the…