And online censorship by countries such as china. Richard gere chaired the International Campaign for tibet testifies at the Senate Finance subcommittee hearing. The Senate Committee on finance come subcommittee on International Trade cousins and Global Competitiveness will come to order. I know this seems a little strange with an empty room except for three witnesses live in front of me and many of our colleagues are going to be joining us virtually, but i want to welcome all of you nonetheless to this important hearing. This subcommittee continues to do its work in exploring the unfair trade practices of foreign governments, especially china and russia. The topic of censorship in china is a common one because its a growing effect on business in the United States. Last fall, for example, the National Association had its Market Access blocked in china because an individual american citizen using a media platform not even allowed in china expressed a political opinion. Now the topic has
Kurdish fighters in the p. K. K. Targeting their bases. And blaming brazils bowl tomorrow thousands rally against the president s handling of the coronavirus on the. One of the philippines most prominent journalists has been found guilty of libel in the case seen as a major blow to press freedom maria ressa denies the charges concerning an article published on her news website rappler that linked a wealthy businessman to criminal activity its one of several charges against the site which is highlighted extrajudicial killings and abuses during president roderigo to test his time in office rest as expected to appeal which carries a sentence of up to 6 years in prison. I appeal to you. The journalists in this room the filipinos who are listening. To protect your rights we are men. A cautionary tale we are meant to make you afraid. Right so i appeal again. Dont be afraid because if you dont use your rights you will lose them if we dont tolerate a brazen move to try to roll back the rights
For our nation and world. Help them to realize that the power of your providence will enable them to navigate through every challenge and tragedy. Trusting in your might, may they embrace your promise to do more for them than they can ask or imagine. Lord, inspite of difficulties, disappointments, as despair, reassure them that you are still in control. Remind us all that in everything, you are working for the good of those who love you who are the called according to your purposes. We pray in your loving name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one e nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president . The presiding officer the senator from iowa is recognized. Mr. Grassley i ask permission to speak for one minute in morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley
To 330 million folks, by land size as the United States the Biggest Country by land. We are close. The few times i have been to china the people are wonderful very interesting, smart, hardworking. Very aspirational and a say this because when i talked today about china i hope you understand mr. President and my colleagues to s understand not talking about the people of china. They are good people. The Chinese Communist party, not so much. I really regret having to say this, i would not turn my back on the Chinese Communist party if it were todays dead. I dont want to have a cold war with china i would rather see us together for the common good of planet earth and we tried but it hasnt worked out very well. We admitted china to wto december 11, 2001 you china would not have been admitted without our support. So we agreed and then they started cheating december 12th is still have intellectual property, not just ours but everyone else in the world they steal the intellectual property they
Folks. By land size, it is the same size as the United States. A lot of people think they are the Biggest Country by land. And canada is number 2 in china, number 3 by land, we are both close. I love visiting china. The people of china, they are wonderful people, very smart, very hardworking, very aspirational and i say this because when i talk about china i want you to understand i am not talking about the people of china. The people of china are good people. The Chinese Communist party not so much. I regret having to say this. I would not turn my back on the Chinese Communist party if they were two days ahead. I dont want to have a cold war with china. I would rather see us Work Together for the common good of the planet earth. We tried but that didnt work out very well. We admitted china to the World Trade Organization on december 11th, 2001. It wasnt just our decision, but you know better than i do china wouldnt have been admitted to the wto without our support. We agreed december