The committee on Foreign Affairs will come to order. The chair is authorized to declare a recess at any point and all members will have five days to submit statements, materials and questions for the record subject to the length, limitations in the rules. To insert something in the record please have your staff email the previously mentioned address or contact of the full committee staff. I see that we have a quorum and before i go forward i understand the speaker of the house, miss pelosi, will be stopping by this hearing and i ask unanimous consent she participate in any point she arrives during the hearing. So ordered. There she is. Madame speaker, would you like to make some remarks . Thank you very much, mr. Chairman. I thank you and mr. Mccaul, mr. Eliot engel for having this hearing today. It is with Great Sadness that i come here because we had such optimism and such hope. The u. S. Congress has always spoken in a bipartisan house and senate, democrats and republicans, with one
President fox problem just have to win the skeptics over to their multi 1000000000 euro rescue package and a new class of zombie shares on germanys stock market the payments processor wired card collapsed last week so why arent sick shares searching. Plus we visit a city in thailand thats being terrorized by monkeys with no tourists to feed them because of the pandemic gains of the hungry animals are only in the streets in search of food. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program Chinas National People Congress has passed a controversial security law for hong kong back critics fear will give beijing more control over the semi autonomous territory a Standing Committee of the. Congress anatomists lee approved the bill where it says that it is to tackle sedition subversion terrorism and collusion with Foreign Force and it has drawn International Criticism for being at odds with the one country 2 systems policy agreed by china when it took control of the former british colony and 1970. 3 and j
Team is processor wire card collapsed last week but its shares surged as speculators spot an opportunity for profit clubs we visit a city in thailand thats being terrorized by monkeys with no tourists to feed them because of the pandemic gangs of the hungry animals are roaming the streets in search of food. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program Chinas National People Congress has passed a controversial security law for hong kong that critics fear will give beijing more control over the semi autonomous territory a Standing Committee of the congress unanimously approved the bill beijing says it aims to tackle sedition subversion terrorism and collusion with. Foreign forces it has drawn International Criticism for being at odds with the one country 2 systems policy agreed by china when it took control of the summer british colony in 1970. 2 and joining me now from hong kong is democracy activist glacier qual welcome to the program and thank you for joining us this law expect expected to t
Journal, live at 7 00 eastern thursday morning. Be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. Announcer the House Foreign Affairs Committee Held a hearing on the implications of chinas new National Security law in hong kong, which has led to arrests and clashes between police and protesters. The new law coincides with the 23rd anniversary of the handover of hong kong between the United Kingdom and china. This is almost 3. 5 hours. Forum. E have a and before i go forward i understand the speaker of the house, ms. Pelosi, will be stopping by, and i ask unanimous consent that she participate at any point she arrives. And there she is. Madam speaker, would you like to make some remarks . Thank you very much, mr. Chairman. I thank you and mr. Mccaul, mr. Eliot engel for having this hearing today. It is with Great Sadness that i come here because we had such optimism and such hope. The u. S. Congress has always spoken in a bipartisan hous
I see that we have a quorum. Before i go forward, i understand the speaker of the house, ms. Pelosi will be stopping by. I must consent that she participate at any point she rise during the hearing. There she is. Madam speaker, would you like to make some remarks . Speaker pelosi thank you very mr. Chairman. For having this hearing today. It is with Great Sadness that i come here because we had such optimism and such hope. The u. S. Congress has always spoken and the bipartisan house and Senate Democrats and republicans with one voice and defense of those being oppressed by beijing in support of freedom, justice and real autonomy for the people of hong kong. We continue to urge president to hold chinese officials abuses,ble for including taking steps under the hong kong human rights and democracy act. We must consider all tools available, including economic penalties. Here today i am very honored to join the general secretary Hong Kong Confederation of trade union. Carl peterson, law o