I believe this is a very important milestone bill that needs a full court press to move forward to make that happen.

the day for China to be free is near, and so therefore we should continue to preserve with hope and confidence.

I would just, before going to my good friend and colleague, just ask, has the Human Rights Council... raised the issue of Chen Guangcheng by name?

Opening statement of Hon. Chris Smith, a U.S. Representative from New Jersey; Chairman, Congressional-Executive Commission on China.

As we speak, we can only assume that self-taught lawyer Chen Guangcheng...languishes with his wife, Yuan Weijing and six-year-old daughter.

The cruelty and extreme violence against Chen and his family brings dishonor to the Government of China, and must end.

We are convening this emergency hearing to examine the plight of an extraordinarily brave man and his equally extraordinary and courageous wife.

The gravity of the current matter calls for urgent, immediate action from our Commander-in-Chief.

As a nation, when we see evil and we know it is happening clearly before our eyes, will we have the courage to speak out?

I think we are going to see bride selling and, frankly, kidnapping.

On July 22, I chaired a hearing of the Helsinki Commission on the egregious practice in Egypt of abducting, kidnapping young Coptic Christian girls, apparently by the thousands each year, who are then held and forced into Islam and then given at age 18 to a man, and now they are Islamic.