Chris Smith

Words are cheap in Washington. They are cheap in Hanoi as well. We asked for deeds.

It ought to be honest. It should be transparent.

Mr. President, if you are going to give something, please ask very specifically for the release of these prisoners and not just give all and get nothing in return.

Thank you again very much for your vigorous oversight of the Iranian deal, you and the ranking member.

I hereby request democratic governments not to neglect human rights conditions in China.

As a media worker, I urge democratic countries to take notice of CCP's propaganda campaigns overseas, and its infiltration and disturbance of the freedom of press.

By acting against my father and his colleagues, the Chinese are undermining their commitment to the 'One Country, Two Systems' principle.

We should just speak truth to power, and let the chips fall where they may.

It is very disconcerting how quickly businesses, some corporations, particularly some like Google for so long, are willing to just sacrifice freedom and their commitment to human rights and democracy in order to get a piece of the rock to…

I do believe that every time the Chinese Government coerces a news organization, a policymaker, a government, and that entity yields, not only do they get away with impunity and in some cases murder, literally, but certainly human rights…

He talks about Yahoo. We have had hearings in my Subcommittee on Human Rights in this Commission that I have chaired about how Yahoo has turned over the names of dissidents when asked.

It is enabling of a dictatorship when a group with such a reputation as the ABA turns down a book like this out of fear of retaliation.

It becomes the modus operandi of so many like Deutsche Welle and others who cave into the pressure.

Finally, please allow me to express my gratitude to CECC's continuous focus on China's human rights conditions and assistance to activists all along.

Congress and this Commission will press the Administration to do more to advance human rights in China.

Glib talk and pious platitudes simply do not cut it.

President Obama must 'shine a light' on human rights problems in China because nothing good happens in the dark.

The methods used by Beijing to enforce a code of silence have gone global.

The Communist leaders in Beijing use the blacklist along with intimidation, repression, and the lure of the Chinese market to stifle the discussion of the violence and oppression of the Tiananmen protests and their violent suppression that…

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

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

The worst disability, quoting him, is that of low expectations.

There needs to be a radical transformation on our outdated, and I think very foolish, views as to what people with disabilities, including people with Autism, can contribute.

Nobody creates more job opportunities than small business, and it is timely for other reasons.

To be clear, we are not talking about marriage or bathroom laws in the international context.