SENATOR MARKEY AND SENATOR BUDD INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN RESOLUTION CONDEMNING CHINA'S WRONGFUL DETENTION OF AMERICAN ACADEMICS, INCLUDING MASSACHUSETTS CONSTITUENT DR. YOULIN CHEN

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey issued the following press release:

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Washington (September 17, 2026) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.), along with Senator John Curtis (R-Utah) and Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), today introduced a bipartisan resolution that condemns the People's Republic of China's repeated pattern of arbitrary or wrongful detention of American academics and urges the United States government to prioritize the safe return of all United States citizens wrongfully detained in China, including Massachusetts resident and academic Dr. Youlin Chen, and American scholar Min Zin. Congressman Stephen Lynch (MA-08) and Congressman John Moolenaar, Chairman of the Ho...