Washington, May 11 -- Rep. Chris Smith issued the following press release:
Today, by a margin of 414-0, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ)'s resolution, H.Res.1259 (https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-resolution/1259/text), which urges President Trump to highlight the cases and call for the release of political prisoners in the People's Republic of China (PRC)-including Pastor Jin Mingri; Pastor Gao Quanfu and his wife, Pang Yu; Dr. Gulshan Abbas; and Jimmy Lai-during his upcoming meeting with General Secretary Xi Jinping in Beijing. During the floor debate on the legislation, Smith delivered the following remarks:
Mr. Speaker, I-like many in the House and Senate-thank President ...