Political Quotes

“And I rise in support of H.R. 1154. This is a measure authored by Representative Chris Smith, who is the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations of which I am the ranking member. He has been a long-time leader in this body on human rights challenges, and I am glad to be supporting this measure today. I look forward to continuing to work with Representative Smith to address many important global human rights challenges in the coming months on our subcommittee. I also thank Representative Keating, the Democratic co-lead of this measure, for working across the aisle to refine this bill and make it bipartisan. According to the State Department's 2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, there have been troubling reports regarding the PRC ``forcibly harvesting organs from prisoners of conscience, including religious and spiritual adherents.'' This is beyond the pale and absolutely unacceptable. It is important, therefore, that the State Department look more deeply into this issue. H.R. 1154 shines a light on this horrible practice and calls on the State Department to make its annual reporting on the issue more robust and in depth. Not only does it call for more regular assessments of the problem, it also imposes sanctions on individuals that are involved in forced organ harvesting and trafficking.…”