Jeff Merkley actually said...

"I want to acknowledge that this is our first hearing since the publication of the Commission's annual report on human rights conditions and rule of law developments in China."

"When the Chinese government seeks to mislead the world about the treatment of Chinese citizens and the government's critics, the fact-based reporting of the CECC Annual Report shines a light and helps..."

"Today's hearing of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China entitled 'Growing Constraints on Language and Ethnic Identity in Today's China' will come to order."

"I so much applaud the set of goals you just laid out."