"I urge you to choose the no-lease option in your final plan."
"The prices we experience are extremely painful to Americans, they are devastating, they are primarily the result of disruption from Putin's war on Ukraine."
"We simply must adopt more of a keep-it-in-the-ground perspective since we are at this tipping point."
"Tibetans continue to struggle in the face of unrelenting opposition."
"Increasingly, this oppression threatens the religious, cultural, linguistic, and historical identity of the Tibetan people."
"Those who express reverence for the Dalai Lama are punished."
"More than 70 years after the invasion that led to Chinese rule in Tibet, Tibetans continue to struggle in the face of unrelenting oppression."
"Chinese authorities routinely violate Tibetans' freedom of religion, expression, and assembly."
"The Chinese Communist Party is intent upon committing cultural genocide. This must end."
"The Chinese Communist Party has waged a years-long campaign of 'sinicization.'"
"Opening Statement of Hon. Jeff Merkley, a U.S. Senator from Oregon; Chair, Congressional-Executive Commission on China."