Tom Malinowski: “I trust we all agree that the most immediate result of this new policy, the release of 53 activists... is a good thing.”

In closing, Mr. Speaker, I just want to thank, again, my colleagues, Chairman Meeks and Ranking Member McCaul, for introducing this legislation. Mr. Speaker, I hope my colleagues will join me in supporting it, and I yield back the balance…

It is about human beings. Their humanity is being assaulted and they are being put in harm's way by virtue of how they look.

There must be that exemption. That is where we need to go.

I have no more speakers, and I continue to reserve the balance of my time.