MEDIA PACKAGE: Select Committee on CCP Holds Hearing on CCP Transnational Repression
WASHINGTON, D.C.- This evening, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, held a hearing titled "CCP Transnational Repression: The Party's Effort to Silence and Coerce Critics Overseas". In the hearing, members heard harrowing firsthand stories of the CCP's intimidation tactics from Ms. Anna Kwok and Mr. Jinrui Zhang, and heard testimony from human rights expert, Dr. Sophie Richardson.
Watch highlights from the hearing below.
Video & B-roll for public broadcast and distribution is available HERE
Click HERE for Chairman Gallagher's opening remarks
Chairman Gallagher:
“We’ve seen American citizens hunted down by foreign agents on the streets of American cities.
The FBI calls this transnational repression.”
View a downloadable clip of Chairman Gallagher's complete opening remarks HERE.
Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi:
“We’ve seen the headlines about activists being harassed, but a story is not written every time an activist stays silent out of fear.
Every time that happens the CCP wins, and the Chinese people lose.”
View a downloadable clip of Ranking Member Krishnamoorthi HERE.
Ms. Anna Kwok, Executive Director, Hong Kong Democracy Council:
“Even though I’m in the land of the free, I am not free.
I am trapped in this constant fear of being hunted.
And this is the CCP’s goal — they want to cripple me, and cripple my ability to advocate for Hong Kong.”
View a downloadable clip of Ms. Kwok HERE.
Mr. Jinrui Zhang, Law Student, Georgetown University Law Center:
“No matter where in the world you are, even in the most mature democracies with the longest tradition of civil liberties, you’re never free as long as anyone or anything you care about is under the control of the CCP.”
View a downloadable clip of Mr. Zhang HERE.
Dr. Sophie Richardson, Expert on Human Rights in China:
“In my view, no U.S. administration, and no administration in any democracy, has devoted sufficient resources to challenging the Chinese government over its appalling human rights record.”
View a downloadable clip of Dr. Richardson HERE.
Rep. Michelle Steel (R-CA):
“I just wonder why we even invited President Xi.
After the private meeting with President Biden, what did we get out of it? Maybe we’ll bring a panda back to the United States?
We really have to be practical.”
Click HERE for a downloadable clip of Rep. Steel.
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