Chris Smith

Settlements in the West Bank, in my opinion, are an internal matter for Israel and it is nobody else's business.

We welcome every drop of blood spilled in Jerusalem. This is pure blood--blood on its way to Allah.

Xi Jinping--from my trip there with these two gentlemen in Shanghai, we know beyond any reasonable doubt that Xi Jinping is on a tear to do what he calls 'sinificcation' of the churches.

They should have been Tier 3 and sanctioned. That would have sent a clear unmistakable message.

I have been a critic of this Administration, and I will continue to be so.

I would like to officially submit this listing report of 42 perpetrators against me to the U.S. Congress.

We urge the U.S. government to make ending torture a higher priority in bilateral relations.

We are here today to shine a light on the brutal, illegal, and dehumanizing use of torture in China.

I fully support the CECC's recommendation to Congress and the Administration to press China to respect the right of freedom of movement of Tibetans domestically.

Tiger chairs are utilized for the safety and comfort of women and men who are being interrogated and tortured is absolutely absurd.

Government acts of intimidation and reprisals do not exist in China. That is a big lie and it needs to be so denounced as that.

Where are the sanctions?

The character of our country has to be measured in part not by what we do when things are easy, but what we do when things are hard.

This issue of torture is so heinous. Doesn't Xi Jinping realize the dishonor it brings to his government...

It is unconscionable that a Noble Peace Prize winner remains incarcerated and--his wife all but incarcerated under house arrest and not doing very well--continues to serve out a jail sentence for asking for reform and doing it in a totally…

State dinners and the like ought to be predicated on real progress.

People are going to break laws, and you have got to have due process rights, defense attorneys.

Criticism helps when it is benign; especially when it is well-meaning and constructive, it helps us to reform.

Gao Zhisheng's account of the torture he experienced is shocking, offensive, and inhuman.

I think this ranges from adding the names of torture survivors like people who share their stories with us today.

I am glad Mr. Walz is here because some of the U.S.'s best experts in this realm on assistance to torture survivors are in Minneapolis.

I will ask again that the Administration do this.

I want to thank Mr. Engel for his very kind remarks and for his strong support for this legislation. This has been a great partnership with Betty McCollum, and I know it will continue. Both of us--and others, of course--are totally…

In general, Democratic and Republican administrations have been opposed to withholding as a way to advance reform.

Certainly, we believe that the best way to advance change is to pay our dues.