June 4, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4231 ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Whereas independent observers reported Whereas the Government of the People’s PRO TEMPORE that hundreds, perhaps thousands, were Republic of harasses, detains, and tor- killed and wounded by People’s Liberation tures human rights lawyers who take on The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Army soldiers and other security forces in cases deemed politically sensitive; prevents ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the Chair Beijing and other cities in China; Chinese workers from forming independent will postpone further proceedings Whereas tens of thousands were detained unions and engages in an ongoing crackdown today on motions to suspend the rules and sent to prison or reeducation through on labor advocates, organizations, and their on which a recorded vote or the yeas labor, often without trial and many were supporters; restricts severely the religious and nays are ordered, or votes objected tortured and imprisoned for decades; activity of Protestants, Catholics, Tibetan to under clause 6 of rule XX. Whereas the Mothers is a group Buddhists, and Turkic Muslims and has The House will resume proceedings of relatives and friends of those killed in sought to eradicate Falun Gong practice in on postponed questions at a later time. June 1989 whose demands include the right China; vilifies publicly and refuses to nego- to mourn victims publicly and who call for a tiate with His Holiness the Dalai Lama or f full, public, and independent accounting of his representatives over Tibetan issues and REMEMBERING THE VICTIMS OF the wounded, dead, and those imprisoned for asserts control over the reincarnation proc- THE VIOLENT SUPPRESSION OF participating in the spring 1989 demonstra- ess through which the next Dalai Lama will tions; DEMOCRACY PROTESTS IN be recognized; repatriates forcibly refugees Whereas members of the Tiananmen Moth- to North Korea and pressures neighboring AND ELSE- ers group have faced arrest, harassment, and governments to repatriate refugees from WHERE IN CHINA discrimination, with the group’s website China who reach their territory in con- Mr. MALINOWSKI. Madam Speaker, blocked in China and the freezing by Chinese travention of the international legal prin- I move to suspend the rules and agree authorities of international cash donations ciple of non-refoulement; restricts the ac- to the resolution (H. Res. 393) remem- made to the group to support families of vic- tivities of and detains citizen journalists; tims; and continues to limit the size of Chinese bering the victims of the violent sup- Whereas despite the Government of the pression of democracy protests in families; People’s Republic of China’s integration into Whereas the protection of universally rec- Tiananmen Square and elsewhere in the international economic system and its ognized human rights, in law and practice, China on June 3 and 4, 1989, and calling obligations under international treaties and would allow the Government of the People’s on the Government of the People’s Re- covenants, the political reforms and the pro- Republic of China to establish more stable public of China to respect the univer- tection of universally recognized rights economic, political, and security relations sally recognized human rights of all sought by the Tiananmen demonstrators with its neighbors and the United States; people living in China and around the have not been realized during the past 30 and years; Whereas this historical episode has had an World, as amended. Whereas the Government of the People’s The Clerk read the title of the resolu- enduring impact on United States-China re- Republic of China continues to actively sup- lations— tion. press universally recognized rights by im- The text of the resolution is as fol- prisoning or restricting the activities of pro- (1) because there has been no justice for lows: democracy activists, human rights lawyers, those who lost their lives seeking freedom H. RES. 393 citizen journalists, labor union leaders, reli- and political reform during the Spring of 1989; Whereas, on June 4, 1989, a violent crack- gious believers, members of ethnic minori- down on peaceful demonstrations held in and ties, and individuals in the Xinjiang and Ti- (2) because the Government of the People’s around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square was car- betan regions, among many others who seek Republic of China censors research, discus- ried out by the People’s Liberation Army, to express their political or religious views sion and commemoration of Tiananmen in following orders given by the Government of or their ethnic identity in a peaceful man- China; the People’s Republic of China; ner, including in Hong Kong where the Gov- (3) because the demonstrations showed Whereas an estimated 1,000,000 people ernment of the People’s Republic of China that the ideas of democracy and freedom, joined the protests in Tiananmen Square and has increasingly exerted influence, eroding human rights and the rule of law are not for- citizens in over 400 Chinese cities staged freedoms there, and placing its special status eign to the people of China; at risk; similar protests calling for democratic re- (4) because the demonstrations and their Whereas the Government of the People’s form, including not only students, but also violent suppression showed the lengths to Republic of China continues to harass, dis- government employees, journalists, workers, which the leaders of the Government of the appear, and detain peaceful advocates for police officers, members of the armed forces, People’s Republic of China will go to sup- human rights, religious freedom, ethnic mi- and other citizens; press universally recognized rights and to nority rights and the rule of law, and their Whereas the peaceful demonstrations of maintain their hold on power; and 1989 called upon the Government of the Peo- family members, such as Ilham Tohti, Gao (5) because, despite persistent, ongoing, ple’s Republic of China to eliminate corrup- Zhisheng, Wang Bingzhang, Lobsang Tsering, and sometimes brutal repression, there con- tion, accelerate economic and political re- Yang Maodong (also known as Guo tinue to be Chinese citizens bravely seeking form, and protect human rights, particularly Feixiong), , Qin Yongmin, Wu to exercise universally recognized human the freedoms of expression and assembly, Gan, Zhang Haitao, Wang Quanzhang, Tashi rights, ensure the rule of law, and promote issues that remain relevant in United States- Wangchug, Tang Jingling, Liu Feiyue, Wang political reform thus carrying on the legacy China relations 30 years later; Yi, Jiang Rong, Cao Yuguang, Abdurehim of the Tiananmen demonstrations: Now, Whereas the Government of the People’s Heyit, Eziz Emet, Hebibulla Tohti, Drugdra, therefore, be it Republic of China takes active measures to Lobsang Gephel, Sonam Dargye, Thardoe deny its citizens the truth about the Gyaltsen, Gulmira Imin, and Huang Qi, Resolved, That the House of Representa- Tiananmen Square massacre, including the among many others; tives— blocking of uncensored internet sites and so- Whereas according to the Political Pris- (1) expresses sympathy and solidarity to cial media commentary on microblog and oner Database maintained by the United the families of those killed, tortured, and other messaging services, and the placement States Congressional-Executive Commission imprisoned for their participation in the pro- of misleading information on the events of on China, the Government of the People’s democracy demonstrations during the spring June 3 and 4, 1989, on internet sites available Republic of China continues to detain over of 1989 in Beijing and in other cities across in China; 1,500 political and religious prisoners, though the People’s Republic of China; Whereas, on May 20, 1989, martial law was the number is presumed to be much higher; (2) supports the leaders of the Tiananmen declared in Beijing, China, after authorities Whereas Nobel Peace Prize laureate and demonstrations and all those who peacefully had failed to persuade demonstrators to prominent advocate for human rights and sought political reform, democratic trans- leave Tiananmen Square; political reform died in state cus- parency, the rule of law, and protections for Whereas during the late afternoon and tody in 2017, the first Nobel Peace Prize lau- universally recognized human rights in early evening hours of June 3, 1989, thou- reate to die in state custody since Carl Von China; sands of armed troops, supported by tanks Ossietzky died in 1938 after being detained by (3) calls on the Government of the People’s and other armor, moved into Beijing and sur- the Nazi German government; Republic of China to— rounding streets; Whereas over a million Uyghurs, Kazakhs, (A) support a full, transparent, and inde- Whereas, on the night of June 3, 1989, and and other ethnic and religious minorities are pendent accounting of the government’s ac- continuing into the morning of June 4, 1989, interned in political reeducation camps in tions and number of deaths that occurred soldiers fired into crowds, inflicting high Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and during the violent suppression of the spring casualties on the demonstrators and injuring elsewhere in China and are subjected to the 1989 Tiananmen demonstrations; many unarmed civilians; forced renunciation of faith, torture, and (B) rehabilitate the reputations of those Whereas tanks crushed to death some pro- forced assimilation of their language and who participated in the demonstrations and testers and onlookers and seriously injured culture through actions that may constitute those detained for seeking to commemorate many others; crimes against humanity; the anniversary of the demonstrations; and

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With the are living in exile in the United States and cut down by a hail of bullets and a line spirit of the Tiananmen protestors in other countries, or who reside outside of of tanks. our hearts, we pledge to continue to China because they have been ‘‘blacklisted’’ Earlier this year, the Tiananmen work toward our shared dream, a in China as a result of their peaceful protest Mothers, who lost loved ones in the dream of the day when the world’s activity, to return to China without risk of massacre, wrote to the Chinese leaders. most populous nation can be called the repercussions or retribution; and Those mothers said: ‘‘30 years later, largest democracy. (5) condemns the ongoing restrictions on universally recognized human rights by the while the criminal evidence has been And, again, China is a very impor- Government of the People’s Republic of covered up . . . the hard facts of the tant country. The U.S.-China relation- China and its efforts to quell peaceful polit- massacre are etched into history. ship is a very important relationship. ical dissent, censor the internet, brutally ‘‘No one can erase it; no power, how- At the time when this oppression took suppress ethnic and religious minorities, and ever mighty, can alter it; and no words place, China was abusing not only the detain and torture lawyers and rights advo- or tongues, however clever, can deny rights of their own people; they were cates seeking the Government’s commit- it.’’ not allowing U.S. products into China. ment, in law and practice, to international Today, and on all days, we reassure They were abusing our trade relation- human rights treaties and covenants to these mothers that we remember and which it is a party and that are reflected in ship, and they were selling tech- the Chinese constitution. that the heroism of their children will nologies of mass destruction and mis- continue to be etched in our history. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- sile delivery systems to rogue coun- It falls on us to remember, because ant to the rule, the gentleman from tries. China still, shamefully, tries to hide We thought at the time if we high- New Jersey (Mr. MALINOWSKI) and the and deny these heroes’ legacy. lighted what happened at Tiananmen gentleman from Texas (Mr. MCCAUL) As the writer Lu Xun wrote: ‘‘Lies each will control 20 minutes. Square, where the trade deficit at the The Chair recognizes the gentleman written in ink cannot disguise by facts time was $5 billion a year—it was $5 from New Jersey. written in blood.’’ billion a year, Chairman MCCAUL—we The memory and the spirit of the thought that gave us great leverage to GENERAL LEAVE Tiananmen protestors live on in the Mr. MALINOWSKI. Madam Speaker, free the prisoners, open their markets hearts of all those who strive for free- I ask unanimous consent that all Mem- to our products, stop their violations of dom in China today: bers have 5 legislative days in which to our intellectual property rights, as In the hearts of the Uighur commu- revise and extend their remarks and in- well as stop their transfer of tech- nities facing unabated abuse and re- clude extraneous material on H. Res. nologies that were unsafe—$5 billion. pression at the hands of the Chinese 393. With corporate America, who hoped Government; The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there to benefit from the trade relationship— In the hearts of the people living in objection to the request of the gen- not your everyday small- to moderate- Hong Kong, where China continues to tleman from New Jersey? sized businesses. They knew the abuse There was no objection. make a mockery of the ‘‘one country, of China and the trade relationship. Mr. MALINOWSKI. Madam Speaker, two systems’’ pledge; But corporate America weighed in with I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman In the hearts of the Tibetan people, Democratic and Republican Presidents from California (Ms. PELOSI), the who, for decades, have faced a brutal and said: We cannot use that trade re- Speaker of the House. campaign to erase their religion, their lationship, that $5 billion as leverage Ms. PELOSI. Madam Speaker, I culture, and their language; and to free the prisoners and make other thank the gentleman for yielding, and In the hearts of journalists, human changes. If we just proceed as we do, I thank him for his lifelong commit- rights lawyers, Christians, and democ- everything will work out. ment to promoting human rights racy activists unjustly imprisoned. Well, now the trade deficit with throughout the world. I thank him, They always say—speaking of those China isn’t $5 billion a year. It is more also, for his leadership in bringing this in prison—that one great form of tor- than $5 billion a week—a week. We legislation to the floor today. ture of the Chinese officials is to tell rode the dragon, and the dragon will Madam Speaker, I also thank Mr. the prisoners that no one remembers decide when we get off. MCCAUL, Mr. ENGEL, and Mr. MCGOV- them, nobody knows why they are But as a tribute to corporate Amer- ERN for their leadership, and CHRIS there, they are forgotten. ica, our policy was to ignore the viola- SMITH, who has been working on this Well, we are here in the House of tions, whether it was trade violations, issue for decades. Representatives today to tell those human rights violations, or violations Madam Speaker, I rise in remem- prisoners they are not forgotten: We of trading missiles and other tech- brance of the horror perpetrated by the know many of their names; we convey nologies to rogue countries—and now Chinese Government 30 years ago today them to Chinese officials every chance over $5 billion a week. It was a serious, and of the heroism of those who died we get; and we carry them in our serious mistake. demanding human rights and human hearts. b 1230 dignity. As Liu Xiaobo wrote in his final Again, I salute Chairman MCGOVERN, statement, ‘‘I Have No Enemies’’: But as we made that mistake, we Chairman ENGEL, CHRIS SMITH, Mr. ‘‘Freedom of expression is the founda- also betrayed our values, our values of MCCAUL, Mr. MALINOWSKI, and so many tion of human rights, the source of hu- respecting the dignity and worth of others for bringing this resolution for- manity and the mother of truth.’’ every person and respecting their aspi- ward, which ensures that we do not As we support those fighting for free- rations for freedom of expression, free- merely remember that dark chapter of dom from China’s oppression, we do so dom of religion, and freedom of belief history, but that we record it in the of- in the name of human rights, human- in this great country of China. ficial proceedings of the United States ity, and truth. So with respect to our prospects for Congress. If we do not speak out for human our relationship with China, I would Madam Speaker, 30 years ago, 1 mil- rights in China because of economic hope that in our trade talks with them lion students, workers and citizens— concerns, then we lose all moral au- now, that we are also bringing up the men and women full of passion, ideal- thority to talk about human rights in important subject of our values as well ism, and courage—peacefully marched any other place in the world. as the dollars that are involved in the for a better future. In their March letter, the Tiananmen relationship. They raised their Goddess of Democ- Mothers also quoted the Holocaust sur- Again, I salute those who have been racy in the image of our own Statue of vivor and Nobel Peace laureate Elie so important in this discussion. I called

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It depends on people forgetting tos Human Rights Commission. urge support for this resolution. the past. It depends on people believing Madam Speaker, I urge our col- Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- a lie. So today, we say that they are leagues to give this a big strong vote. ance of my time. failing, and they are going to fail. It Mr. MCCAUL. Madam Speaker, I Mr. MALINOWSKI. Madam Speaker, has been 30 years. We still mark this yield myself such time as I may con- I yield myself such time as I may con- anniversary. We still remember Liu sume. sume. Xiaobo and all of the heroes of the Madam Speaker, I would like to asso- Madam Speaker, I thank Chairman square. The footage of still ciate myself with Speaker PELOSI’s MCCAUL for his eloquent statement and plays on TV, and thanks to the inter- comments, that we have been riding his leadership on this issue, and I rise net, more people are seeing it today the dragon for too long. in very strong support of this measure. Thirty years ago today, the so-called than saw it in 1989. Thirty years ago, I was here on Cap- We will carry on until we know his People’s Liberation Army turned their itol Hill, my first job out of college. I guns on the people of China, killing name, until the Chinese people have was working on the Senate side for the the freedom that they fought peace- hundreds and possibly thousands of un- late, great Senator Daniel Patrick armed civilians in Beijing. Many were fully for that day and that they so Moynihan, and one day, I was sitting in richly deserve. Chinese students, who had been peace- my cubicle and we were watching our fully protesting for reform, democratic Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- TVs, which were tuned to this novelty ance of my time. transparency, and respect for funda- station called CNN that was bringing Mr. MCCAUL. Madam Speaker, I mental human rights. these events live to us, something we The victims included young children yield such time as he may consume to had never really experienced before. the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. and people in their 60s, cut down by in- One day we looked up, and we saw PERRY), a member of the Foreign Af- discriminate gunfire. The dramatic the image of this young Chinese man days of May and June 1989, left the fairs Committee. with his grocery bags standing in front world with many indelible images: the Mr. PERRY. Madam Speaker, I of that line of tanks, and we watched it huge expanse of Tiananmen Square thank the ranking member for yield- unfold for about 2 minutes. It seemed packed with hundreds of thousands of ing. like forever. We did not know what people rallying for freedom; the 30-foot would happen. Would he be killed? Madam Speaker, today I am in sup- tall statue built Would he be run over? It was a moment port of this resolution on the 30th anni- by Beijing art students in the center of that changed my life and changed the versary of the Tiananmen Square mas- the square; the rush of tanks and ar- world. sacre, and I thank Representative mored personnel carriers into the area We all know what happened after- MCGOVERN and Representative SMITH to, quite literally, crush the protest wards: a massacre; mass arrests; efforts for their leadership on this resolution, and protesters on June 4; the heroism that continue to this day to bury the which serves to remember the victims the next day of someone the world only truth of what happened in Tiananmen of the violence and suppression of de- knows as Tank Man who halted an en- Square. mocracy protest in Tiananmen Square tire column of Chinese Army tanks, The Chinese Government has tried to in 1989, and calls on the current Com- armed only with shopping bags and re- erase the memory of that day from our munist to respect solve. the universally recognized human But those indelible images are hidden collective memory. Here is something very important, something that should rights of all people living in China and from the people of China by the Com- around the world. munist regime that inherited the command our attention: the Chinese Government today is not satisfied I just remember as a young man bloody mantle of Tiananmen. Hiding watching this—as probably many of behind the great fire wall, the Chinese merely with censoring its own people. It is insisting on censoring the entire the people do—whole thing unfold on Government refuses to allow any reck- our television sets. We were rooting for oning with that history, and fiercely world. It is trying to intimidate companies, these people yearning to be free, and quashes discussion, whether online or the man standing in front of the tank. in public. and universities, and individuals all It is just emblazoned in our minds. Obsessed with control, it uses its around the world into never uttering massive Orwellian apparatus to try to the words, ‘‘the Tiananmen massacre.’’ Thirty years ago in the spring of 1989, erase the events of June 1989 from the With this resolution, we say to the thousands of Chinese students began memory of the world. But as John Chinese Government that they cannot staging peaceful protests for demo- Adams once wrote: ‘‘Facts are stubborn intimidate the United States of Amer- cratic reforms in China. They were things,’’ so, too, are the memories of ica. This resolution makes clear we are asking their Communist government the many Chinese who experienced going to speak the truth about the for rights that are fundamental to any those events up close. Western journal- crime that they have committed 30 democracy, including: freedom of ex- ists on the ground during the massacre years ago, and all of the crimes they pression, freedom of assembly, and the reported that people in the streets of continue to commit today: the whole- elimination of official corruption. Beijing pleaded with them to tell the sale imprisonment of lawyers; their ef- They were asking for rights and free- world what had happened there. forts to crush the culture and heritage doms that we enjoy in the United Today’s resolution is a continuation of the Tibetan people; the mass surveil- States, but the Chinese citizens were of that sacred charge. So I want to lance technology they are exporting to being denied then, and believe it or thank all of the bipartisan authors of the whole world; and the mass intern- not, are still being denied today. Re- H. Res. 393, and Mr. MCGOVERN and Mr. ment of innocent men, women, and gardless of what we see on television, SMITH, for giving this House a renewed children in Xinjiang. regardless of what we might think be- opportunity to testify to the true We see the significance of these ac- cause it says, ‘‘made in China,’’ things events of June 1989, to tell and call for tions, not just what the Chinese Gov- are different in China. a just and open accounting for the ernment is doing on human rights, but When faced with the growing and in- Tiananmen massacre, and to condemn what is being done on trade, and in the tensifying peaceful protests, the Com- serious, ongoing human rights viola- South China Sea. All of them are an ef- munist leaders in 1989 chose a violent tions by the Government of China. fort by the Chinese Government to and authoritarian response, and then Dictators need to understand that break free and to rewrite the rules that lied about it and acted like it didn’t freedom can only be held back for a fi- keep the world safe and free. happen. They chose to declare martial

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His act of resist- Tiananmen Square fired directly at I also hope we can have a continued ance symbolizes the spirit of Chinese citizens and indiscriminately conversation about the current Com- Tiananmen that lives on in the hearts at crowds in Beijing, inflicting high ci- munist Chinese Party’s authoritarian and minds of those continuing the vilian casualties. These were unarmed and oppressive tactics that are con- struggle in China and abroad. crowds, Madam Speaker, fired upon. tinuing to violate the basic human In China, the is To this day, we still don’t know how rights of the Chinese people, and I hope a group of relatives and friends of those many civilians were killed that day. this is just the beginning of the con- killed in June 1989. At great risk to Estimates range from hundreds to a versation. themselves, they continue to ask for few thousand and we can say with con- China is a clear and present danger. the right to mourn publicly and call for fidence that thousands more civilians They have been in an economic war, a full, public, and independent account- were wounded on June 4 and even a and information war. They have been ing of the victims. The Chinese Govern- greater number were arrested for tak- at war with the West, and particularly ment fears their memory, their devo- ing part in these protests. the United States, for the last several tion, and their moral standing. We are here today to honor those who decades, and it is high time that the In the years since Tiananmen, the were lost and affected by the violent, American people wake up. This should human rights situation in China has authoritarian suppression of the Chi- just be the beginning. worsened. Some have described a slow- nese Communist Government in 1989, I thank the makers of this resolution motion Tiananmen happening in and to call for an end to China’s cur- for doing so, but I hope it is just the Xinjiang with the ongoing mass intern- rent, continued authoritarian suppres- beginning of the conversation, but ment and surveillance of ethnic sion. more than the conversation, the con- Uighurs and other Turkic Muslims. Unfortunately, parallels can be crete actions that we take against Chi- A better path forward was offered by drawn between the Chinese Govern- na’s aggressive and authoritarian ac- Nobel Peace Prize laureate and ment that perpetrated the Tiananmen tions, not only to their own people, but Tiananmen student leader Liu Xiaobo Square massacre and the current re- to the rest of the world, including the when he coauthored the political re- gime of President Xi and the Com- United States. form manifesto that was munist Party. In China today, there is I hope that we not only support this signed by more than 10,000 people, de- official government repression of free- President and this administration spite efforts to censor it. Liu Xiaobo dom of speech, religion, movement, as- when he does the right thing, taking a spent a total of almost 16 years in pris- sociation, and assembly. hard stance against China, but that on, and he died in state custody in 2017. We know at least 1 million, and some this Congress will take the lead on con- Today in China, the Tiananmen estimate up to 3 million Chinese Mus- crete actions regarding China’s malev- Square massacre is erased from history lims are forcibly interned in detention olent behavior around the world, but books, and any mention of it is camps designed to erase their religious particularly in China, with their mar- censored. In the last few weeks, the and ethnic identities. This is some- kets, with dumping on American mar- Chinese Government has tightened thing out of the 1930s and the 1940s that kets, with intellectual property theft, controls to prevent any mention of the world said would never happen and the list goes on and on. Tiananmen and heightened surveil- again. It is happening right now. Mr. MALINOWSKI. Madam Speaker, lance on the survivors, human rights The Communist government has de- I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman advocates, and their families. They have detained journalists, scholars, ployed tens of millions of evasive high- from Massachusetts (Mr. MCGOVERN), tech surveillance cameras throughout the author of this resolution and one of filmmakers, social workers, and labor the country to monitor the general the greatest champions of human rights activists. But we all know the spirit of public. The cameras and other forms of rights I have had the privilege to know. surveillance are used to intimidate po- Tiananmen is still alive and well. We litical dissidents, religious leaders and b 1245 know in part because China’s leaders adherents, and minority groups. Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I demonstrate their fear of it every day In the Tibet Autonomous Region and thank my colleague for yielding, and I with their security cameras, censor- other Tibetan areas, the Communist thank Mr. MCCAUL for his support of ship, detention centers, and obsession government has installed surveillance this legislation as well. with preventing the people of China cameras in monasteries. Tibetans also Madam Speaker, I rise today in sup- from learning the truth. Imagine the face the monitoring and disruption of port of H. Res. 393, remembering the time, energy, and cost of monitoring telephone and internet communica- victims of the violent suppression of and tracking the actions of 1.4 billion tions. democracy protests in Tiananmen people. And this is absolutely just the begin- Square and elsewhere in China on June They are scared because the truth of ning with the establishment of the sys- 3 and 4, 1989. The resolution calls on Tiananmen threatens the Chinese Com- tem of social credits. the Chinese Government to respect the munist Party’s legitimacy to govern The State Department’s 2018 Report universally recognized human rights of China. In his famous last statement in on Human Rights Practices in China all people living in China and around court, Liu Xiaobo said: has a long list of human rights abuses the world. I look forward to the day when my country by the Chinese Communist Govern- It is my hope that the U.S. House of is a land with freedom of expression, where ment, to include: Unlawful killings by Representatives will overwhelmingly the speech of every citizen will be treated equally well; where different values, ideas, the government; forced disappearances support this resolution and send a beliefs, and political views . . . can both by the government; torture; arbitrary strong message that the American peo- compete with each other and peacefully co- detention; political imprisonment; ar- ple stand on the side of those seeking exist; where both majority and minority bitrary interference with privacy; to exercise their fundamental human views will be equally guaranteed, and where physical attacks on and criminal pros- rights in China. political views that differ from those cur- ecution of journalists, lawyers, writers, It was 30 years ago, this week, that rently in power will be fully respected and bloggers, dissidents, petitioners, and an estimated 1 million students, work- protected; where all political views will their family members; interference ers, and citizens joined the peaceful spread out under the Sun for people to choose from, where every citizen can state with the rights of peaceful assembly protests in Tiananmen Square and in political views without fear, and where no and freedom of association; as well as over 400 cities throughout China. We one can under any circumstances suffer po- severe restrictions on religious free- remember with sadness and outrage litical persecution for voicing divergent po- doms. the crackdown that followed as the litical views.

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Human rights China, too, will be a nation of laws where ‘‘Tiananmen’’ will always symbolize the bru- human rights are paramount. lawyers, Tibetans, ethnic minority groups, tal lengths China’s Communist Party will go to I look forward to that day, Madam labor organizers, and free speech advocates remain in power. When the tanks rolled down all face repression and harassment when they Speaker, and let us pass this resolution the Square on June 4th, 1989—mothers lost with a strong vote. Let us make it peacefully seek universally recognized rights. sons, fathers lost daughters, and China lost an Xi Jinping talks about the ‘‘China Dream’’— clear that we in the United States Con- idealistic generation of future leaders. but that dream is nightmare for millions upon gress stand out loud and foursquare for The resolution before us, H. Res. 393, hon- millions upon millions of the Chinese people. human rights and that we stand with ors the extraordinary sacrifice endured by Nevertheless, repression has not dimmed the people of China. thousands of peaceful Chinese democracy ac- the desires of the Chinese people for freedom Mr. MCCAUL. Madam Speaker, I am tivists who rallied for almost two months in prepared to close and I yield myself the and reform. There is an inspiring drive in Beijing and in over 400 other cities in China, China to keep fighting for freedom under very balance of my time. in a heroic quest for liberty and human rights. Madam Speaker, I must say at a time difficult and dangerous conditions. The government of China continues to go to This drive is the most important asset in when the American people see this astounding lengths to censor and ban open Congress so divided, it is refreshing for promoting human rights and discussion of Tiananmen. This resolution in China. If democratic change comes to the American people to see the Con- sends the right message: we will never forget gress so united with one voice standing China, it will come from within, not because of Tiananmen as long as the Chinese people outside pressure—though outside pressure up for good over evil. We must keep the cannot discuss its significance openly without memory of Tiananmen alive. continues to be critically needed. harassment or arrest. U.S. policy, in both the short and long-term, Secretary Pompeo said yesterday Some may prefer to forget this incident. To that China’s one-party state tolerates must be, and be seen to be, supportive of ad- move on and look past the slaughter of peace- vocates for peaceful change; it must support no dissent and abuses human rights ful demonstrators. But the memory of the dead wherever and whenever it serves its in- the champions of liberty, and help nurture a vi- and those arrested, tortured, and exiled re- brant civil society that seeks to promote rights terests. quires us to honor them, respect their noble Today their party’s methods are and freedoms for everyone in China. And, we aspirations for fundamental freedoms, and re- must fight to end China’s pervasive internet more subtle than rolling the tanks in— commit ourselves to the struggle for freedom censorship and mass surveillance—so the but no less horrifying: and . Chinese people can finally learn about The Communist Party deprives one- It is both the right thing to do and critical to fifth of mankind of fundamental the future of U.S.-China relations. Tiananmen and the truth about their own gov- human rights; it has imprisoned up to One of the most enduring symbols of the ernment. 3 million Muslims in what the Depart- Tiananmen demonstrations was the unveiling Our strategic and moral interests coincide ment of Defense has called and labeled of the goddess of liberty statue. It was a mo- when we seek to promote human rights and concentration camps; and it is seeking ment that thrilled freedom-seekers around the democratic openness in China. A more demo- to spread its totalitarian ideology and globe. Here was this enduring symbol of free- cratic China, one that respects human rights, repression along its physical and dig- dom juxtaposed against portrait of the despot and is governed by the rule of law, is more ital Belt and Road Initiative. . likely to be a productive and peaceful partner In the Foreign Affairs Committee, I This moment was extraordinary because it rather than strategic and hostile competitor. know I and my colleagues on the other showed that when the Chinese people are I believe that someday China will be free. side of the aisle will keep working to able to speak publicly and freely—they ask for Someday, the people of China will be able to shine a light on China’s threats, im- greater freedoms, democracy, and justice. enjoy all of their God-given rights. And a na- pose consequences on their malign ac- These are universal liberties that can be found tion of free Chinese men and women will tions, foster partnerships with NATO in demonstrations for liberty worldwide—we honor, applaud, and celebrate the heroes of and other allies, and help build up an see it in Cairo and Caracas, Burma and Hong Tiananmen Square and all those who sac- alternative to China’s predatory Belt Kong, Tbilisi and Kiev. rificed so much, and so long, for freedom. and Road influence. There was a moment when we all believed I support H. Res. 393 and the message that With that, Madam Speaker, I urge the Tiananmen Square demonstrations would it sends. I hope it will re-inspire, re-energize, my colleagues to support this resolu- be a triumph of freedom and democracy. Later and reprioritize a struggle for human rights tion to honor the memory of those who in 1989, the Warsaw Pact nations started to and freedom in China. have sacrificed for freedom and to re- crumble and eventually the former Soviet Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I rise main clear-eyed about the nature of Union fell as well. But the Communist leaders today in strong support of H.R. 393, a resolu- our adversary. of China hung on to power through force and tion ‘‘Remembering the victims of Tiananmen Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- eventually through the help of Western gov- Square.’’ ance of my time. ernments and global corporations. H. Res. 393 remembers the victims of the Mr. MALINOWSKI. Madam Speaker, For the past 30 years, the Tiananmen dem- violent suppression of democracy protests in I yield myself such time as I may con- onstrations have shaped the way the Chinese Tiananmen Square and elsewhere in China on sume for the purpose of closing. government deals with dissent. Despite the June 3 and 4, 1989 and calls on the Govern- I will simply say that our disagree- country’s stunning economic growth, Beijing’s ment of the People’s Republic of China to re- ment here, the disagreement we have leaders remain terrified of their own people. spect the universally recognized human rights been expressing in such a united way, China’s ruling Communist Party would rather of all people living in China and around the is not with China. It is certainly not stifle, imprison, or even kill its own people world. with the Chinese people. It is simply than defer to their demands for freedom and On June 4, 1989, a violent crackdown on with the Chinese Government. rights. peaceful demonstrations held in and around We stand in full agreement with the There is a direct connection between the Beijing’s Tiananmen Square was carried out Chinese people, with everybody in impunity and violence used to silence by the People’s Liberation Army, following or- China who wishes to live in a country Tiananmen demonstrations and deny justice to ders given by the Government of the People’s governed by respect for the rule of law the victims of the Tiananmen massacre and Republic of China. and for human rights. That is what this the impunity and violence employed now to An estimated 1,000,000 people joined the resolution is about. support the internment of over a million protests in Tiananmen Square and citizens in Madam Speaker, I urge my col- Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in what over 400 Chinese cities staged similar protests leagues to support this resolution, and only can be called concentration camps. calling for democratic reform, including not I yield back the balance of my time. The egregious human rights abuses occur- only students, but also government employ- Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Madam Speaker, ring in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region ees, journalists, workers, police officers, mem- it’s been 30 years since the Chinese govern- must end—no one can remain silent in the bers of the armed forces, and other citizens. ment brutally crushed the peaceful demonstra- face of such barbarity and crimes against hu- These peaceful demonstrations of 1989 tions occurring in Beijing Tiananmen Square. manity. called upon the Government of the People’s

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The vides 2 hours of debate, equally divided main relevant in United States-China relations question is on the motion offered by and controlled by the chair and rank- 30 years later. the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. ing member of the Committee on the Although these activists’ reform efforts con- MALINOWSKI) that the House suspend Judiciary. tinue to inspire the Chinese people, the Gov- the rules and agree to the resolution, Madam Speaker, I rise today in sup- ernment of the People’s Republic of China H. Res. 393, as amended. port of the bill in this rule, H.R. 6, the takes active measures to deny its citizens the The question was taken. American Dream and Promise Act. I truth about the Tiananmen Square massacre, The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the rise as the granddaughter of immi- including the blocking of uncensored internet opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being grants. sites and social media commentary on in the affirmative, the ayes have it. This is a historic day in which we microblog and other messaging services, and Mr. MALINOWSKI. Madam Speaker, begin to shape immigration policy that the placement of misleading information on on that I demand the yeas and nays. reflects American values. H.R. 6 offers the events of June 3 and 4, 1989, on internet The yeas and nays were ordered. a path to lawful permanent residence sites available in China. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- status for Dreamers, TPS holders, and The Chinese government also continues to ant to clause 8 of rule XX, further pro- DED beneficiaries. These are our neigh- silence the voices and memory of these activ- ceedings on this motion will be post- bors, our friends, our schoolmates, our ists through gruesome attacks on demonstra- poned. workers, and our family. They make tors who recognize the false information being f our communities stronger and fuller. They are Americans in every way ex- spread by the Chinese Government. PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION On May 20, 1989, martial law was declared cept under the law. We intend to cor- OF H.R. 6, AMERICAN DREAM in Beijing, China, after authorities had failed to rect that omission today. AND PROMISE ACT OF 2019 persuade demonstrators to leave Tiananmen These immigrants are longtime resi- Square, sending thousands of armed troops, Ms. SHALALA. Madam Speaker, by dents of our country with deep roots in supported by tanks and other armor, moved direction of the Committee on Rules, I the communities where they reside. into Beijing and the surrounding streets where call up House Resolution 415 and ask For many of them, the United States is the forces fired into crowds of unarmed civil- for its immediate consideration. the only country they have ever called ians. The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- home. It is cruel and un-American that The ‘‘Remembering the victims of lows: we have left members of our commu- Tiananmen Square’’ Act promises to do this H. RES. 415 nities to suffer uncertainty in this by expressing sympathy and solidarity to the Resolved, That upon adoption of this reso- way. families of those killed, tortured, and impris- lution it shall be in order to consider in the With this bill, we keep families to- oned for their participation in the pro-democ- House the bill (H.R. 6) to authorize the can- gether and ensure that these women, racy demonstrations during the spring of 1989 cellation of removal and adjustment of sta- men, and children can continue con- in Beijing and in other cities across the Peo- tus of certain aliens, and for other purposes. tributing to the communities we share. All points of order against consideration of ple’s Republic of China and verbally sup- the bill are waived. An amendment in the na- In my district, Florida’s 27th, there are porting the leaders of the Tiananmen dem- ture of a substitute consisting of the text of 11,400 residents who are eligible for pro- onstrations and all those who peacefully Rules Committee Print 116-16, modified by tection under H.R. 6. Approximately sought political reform, democratic trans- the amendment printed in the report of the 8,200 are Dreamers, and 3,400 are TPS parency, the rule of law, and protections for Committee on Rules accompanying this res- or DED holders. universally recognized human rights in China. olution, shall be considered as adopted. The As I have long said, in my south The resolution also renounces the practices bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. Florida community, it doesn’t matter of the Chinese government’s actions during All points of order against provisions in the the color of your skin, the language bill, as amended, are waived. The previous and after the Tiananmen Square Protest and question shall be considered as ordered on you speak, whom you hold hands with, calls on the government to take responsibility the bill, as amended, and on any further your religion, or your country of ori- for the number of deaths that occurred during amendment thereto, to final passage without gin. You are a Miamian if you call our the violent suppression of the spring 1989 intervening motion except: (1) two hours of city home. Today, the House of Rep- Tiananmen demonstrations, rehabilitate the debate equally divided and controlled by the resentatives will make clear that you reputations of those who participated in the chair and ranking minority member of the have every right to call yourselves demonstrations and those detained for seek- Committee on the Judiciary; and (2) one mo- Americans, too. ing to commemorate the anniversary of the tion to recommit with or without instruc- Madam Speaker, I proudly support tions. demonstrations, and cease the censoring of this historic step forward towards a information and discussion about the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- more just America. Let’s pass this rule Tiananmen Square massacre, including at tlewoman from Florida is recognized and H.R. 6. Confucius Institutes worldwide. for 1 hour. Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- Through these actions, H.R. 393 promises Ms. SHALALA. Madam Speaker, for ance of my time. to adequately relay the United States’ dis- the purpose of debate only, I yield the Mrs. LESKO. Madam Speaker, I yield appointment with the violence towards customary 30 minutes to the gentle- myself such time as I may consume, Tiananmen demonstrators and aid the advo- woman from Arizona (Mrs. LESKO), and I thank Representative SHALALA cates and protestors in their quest for pro- pending which I yield myself such time for yielding me the customary 30 min- tected human rights. as I may consume. During consider- utes. The Government of the People’s Republic of ation of this resolution, all time yield- Madam Speaker, circumstances de- China continues to actively suppress univer- ed is for the purpose of debate only. mand that we make substantial im- sally recognized rights by imprisoning or re- GENERAL LEAVE provements to our Nation’s broken im- stricting the activities of pro-democracy activ- Ms. SHALALA. Madam Speaker, I migration system. My home State of ists, human rights lawyers, citizen journalists, ask unanimous consent that all Mem- Arizona is at the forefront of a crisis labor union leaders, religious believers, mem- bers be given 5 legislative days to re- on our Nation’s southern border, but bers of ethnic minorities, and individuals in the vise and extend their remarks. the bill before us today offers no solu- Xinjiang and Tibetan regions, among many The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there tions and will instead, I believe, exac- others who seek to express their political or objection to the request of the gentle- erbate the problem. religious views or their ethnic identity in a woman from Florida? I have represented the people of Ari- peaceful manner. There was no objection. zona for over a decade. Last Congress, Despite persistent, ongoing, and sometimes Ms. SHALALA. Madam Speaker, on I was honored when the people of Ari- brutal repression, the desire of Chinese citi- Monday, the Rules Committee met and zona’s Eighth Congressional District zens to risk life, limb, and liberty to exercise reported a rule, House Resolution 415, sent me to represent them here in universally recognized human rights, ensure providing for consideration of H.R. 6, Washington, D.C.

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