Sherrod Brown actually said...

"Today, we assess what the last 25 years have meant and what our policy toward China should be going forward."

"Like many Americans at the time, I was inspired and moved by their courage and their pursuit of those fundamental freedoms--freedoms that we hold dear--and at times--take for granted."

"I recall the optimism of that moment and how it was crushed when the troops and the tanks rolled in."

"Twenty-five years ago, millions of people across China--not just in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, but across China--rallied in support of democracy, human rights, and an end to corruption."