,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #fjh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #d1 
#bjbj,mr4 ,rubio 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,merkley1 ,mr4 ,gardner1 ,mrs4          
,feinstein1 ,mr4 ,daines1 ,mr4 ,king1   
,mr4 ,scott of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,peters1  
,mr4 ,cornyn1 ,mr4 ,hawley1 and ,mr4    
,young7 submitted the following         
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,relations       
,,resolution  ,expressing the sense of  
the ,senate condemning threats to ,hong 
,kong's freedoms and autonomy on the    
#cast anniversary of the violent        
repression of the peaceful protests     
centered in ,beijing's ,tiananmen       
,square4  ,whereas the #cast anniversary
 of the ,tiananmen ,square massacre is  
an especially poignant milestone1       
particularly as the autonomy of the     
,hong ,kong ,special ,administrative    
,region of the ,people's ,republic of   
,china 7,hong ,kong7 and freedoms       
guaranteed to the people of ,hong ,kong 

are currently under threat by possible  
national security legislation from the  
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china 7,china72 ,whereas1 during the
 spring of #aihi1 an estimated          
#a1jjj1jjj people engaged in ,tiananmen 
,square protests1 and citizens in over  
#djj ,chinese cities staged similar     
protests1 including among many others1  
students1 workers1 academics1           
journalists and government employees2   
,whereas the peaceful demonstrations of 
#aihi called upon the ,government of    
,china to eliminate corruption1         
accelerate economic and political       
reform1 and protect human rights1       
particularly the freedoms of expression 
and assembly1 issues that remain        
relevant in ,united ,states-,china      
relations #ca years later2 ,whereas1 on 
,june #d1 #aihi1 troops of the ,people's
 ,liberation ,army1 at the behest of    
,chinese ,communist ,party leadership1  
attacked ,tiananmen ,square to repress  
demonstrators1 crushing defenseless     

protestors with tanks and firing on them
 indiscriminately1 killing hundreds or  
possibly thousands of individuals2      
,whereas1 since ,june #d1 #aihi1 the    
,government of ,china censors any       
mention of ,tiananmen ,square and       
imprisons and harasses its own citizens 
who attempt to discuss or commemorate   
,tiananmen ,square protests and their   
violent suppression2 ,whereas the       
,tiananmen ,mothers--a group in ,china  
composed of parents and family members  
of individuals killed on or around ,june
 #d1 #aihi--;have annually called upon  
the ,government of ,china to reveal the 
truth of the events2 ,whereas people of 
mainland ,china and ,macau are again    
barred this year from commemorating the 
lives lost and the legacy of the #aihi  
massacre2 ,whereas the ,government of   
,china continues to view the demands of 
the ,tiananmen protesters1 including    
democracy1 transparency1 rights         
protections1 and freedom of speech1 as  
threats to the legitimacy of the        

,chinese ,communist ,party's hold on    
political power2 ,whereas the people of 
,hong ,kong have commemorated the       
,tiananmen massacre each year faithfully
 in large numbers2 ,whereas the ,hong   
,kong ,police ,force has blocked the    
annual candlelight vigil to commemorate 
,tiananmen this year2 ,whereas ,hong    
,kong's guaranteed freedoms and the rule
 of law have allowed it to be a         
prosperous bridge between mainland      
,china and the world2 ,whereas ,hong    
,kong's autonomy and freedoms have been 
eroded by the actions of the ,government
 of ,hong ,kong and the ,government of  
,china1 particularly over the past      
several years1 with disqualifications of
 elected members of ,hong ,kong's       
,legislative ,council1 blocking citizens
 from running for office1 failing to    
address the petitions of the ,hong ,kong
 people1 banning a political party      
advocating ,hong ,kong independence1 and
 failing to address police excessive use
 of force2 ,whereas the political       

turmoil in ,hong ,kong is primarily the 
result of actions of the ,government of 
,hong ,kong and the ,government of      
,china1 including the arbitrary arrests 
of peaceful protesters1 including       
well-known democracy advocates such as  
,martin ,lee1 ,jimmy ,lai1 ,lee ,cheuk  
,yan1 ,margaret ,ng1 ,albert ,ho1 ,leung
 ,kwok-hung1 ,au ,nok-hin1 ,figo ,chan1 
and others2 ,whereas ,china's ,national 
,people's ,congress has decided to      
impose national security legislation    
with respect to ,hong ,kong2 ,whereas   
the implementation of that legislation  
signals a severe blow to ,hong ,kong's  
autonomy and would violate the ,joint   
,declaration of the ,government of the  
,united ,kingdom of ,great ,britain and 
,northern ,ireland and the ,government  
of the ,people's ,republic of ,china on 
the ,question of ,hong ,kong1 done at   
,beijing on ,december #ai1 #aihd2       
,whereas ,secretary of ,state ,mike     
,pompeo1 pursuant to the ,united        
,states-,hong ,kong ,policy ,act of     

#aiib 7,public ,law #ajb-chc71 has      
determined that ,hong ,kong no longer   
manifests a high degree of autonomy     
distinct from mainland ,china2 ,whereas 
vague national security laws are used   
widely in mainland ,china to imprison or
 arbitrarily detain dissidents1 rights  
defenders1 civil society advocates1     
religious leaders and adherents1 and    
persons from ethnic minorities2 ,whereas
 human rights1 democracy1 and religious 
freedom advocates have been imprisoned  
or arbitrarily detained under vague     
national security laws in mainland      
,china1 including ,wu ,gan1 ,qin        
,yongmin1 ,zhou ,shifeng1 ,yu ,wensheng1
 ,wang ,yi1 and ,nobel laureate ,liu    
,xiaobo1 who died in state custody      
nearly three years ago2 ,whereas the    
,united ,states ,congress1 particularly 
in recent years1 has passed numerous    
measures articulating the longstanding  
and bipartisan commitment to human      
rights in ,china1 including-- 7#a7 the  
,global ,magnitsky ,human ,rights       

,accountability ,act 7subtitle ,f of    
title ,,xii of ,public ,law #aad-cbh2   
#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #bfef note72  7#b7 the    
,north ,korean ,human ,rights           
,reauthorization ,act of #bjag 7,public 
,law #aae-aih72  7#c7 the ,reciprocal   
,access to ,tibet ,act of #bjah 7,public
 ,law #aae-ccj72  7#d7 the ,hong ,kong  
,human ,rights and ,democracy ,act of   
#bjai 7,public ,law #aaf-gf72 and  7#e7 
the ,uyghur ,human ,rights ,policy ,act 
7,s4 #cgdd1 #aafth ,congress72 ,whereas1
 on this day1 we stand in solidarity    
with human rights lawyers1 labor and    
free speech advocates1 religious groups1
 and ethnic minorities in ,china1 such  
as ,tibetans1 and also ,uyghurs and     
other predominately ,muslim ethnic      
minorities who face mass internment and 
surveillance1 forced labor and family   
separations1 and who are often forced to
 renounce their faith2 and ,whereas1 on 
this day1 we remember the words of the  
late ,nobel ,laureate ,liu ,xiaobo1 who 
said there is no force that can put an  

end to the human quest for freedom1 and 
,china will in the end become a nation  
ruled by law1 where human rights reign  
supreme3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that   
the ,senate-- 7#a7 will commemorate the 
,tiananmen protests and their violent   
repression at least until such time as  
,chinese citizens are able to do so     
freely and publicly everywhere across   
their country2  7#b7 expresses sympathy 
to the families of those killed1        
tortured1 imprisoned1 or exiled for     
their participation in the pro-democracy
 demonstrations during the spring of    
#aihi2  7#c7 calls on the ,government of
 ,china to allow those ,tiananmen       
demonstration participants currently    
living in exile in the ,united ,states  
and other countries to return to ,china 
without risk of repercussions or        
retribution2  7#d7 condemns the use of  
violence1 torture1 and arbitrary        
detention as a means to repress the     
legitimate aspirations of the people of 
,china to speak and associate freely1   

including to petition the government and
 challenge the policies and ideology of 
the ,chinese ,communist ,party2  7#e7   
calls on the ,government of ,china to   
release all prisoners of conscience1    
including prisoners detained because of 
their participation in ,tiananmen       
,square commemorations or actions       
calling for the type of political       
reforms and rights protections pursued  
by those who gathered in ,tiananmen     
,square in #aihi and including over one 
million ,uyghurs and other predominately
 ,muslim ethnic minorities in the       
,xinjiang ,uyghur ,autonomous ,region2  
7#f7 condemns any forced imposition of  
national security legislation with      
respect to ,hong ,kong2  7#g7 calls upon
 the ,united ,states ,government to use 
all available authorities to protect    
,united ,states interests in ,hong ,kong
 and the freedoms of the ,hong ,kong    
people1 including-- 7,a7 encouraging the
 ,standing ,committee of the ,national  
,people's ,congress of ,china to work   

with the ,hong ,kong ,special           
,administrative ,region ,government and 
the people of ,hong ,kong to find a     
mutually acceptable accommodation that  
will honor ,china's international       
obligations under the ,,un-filed        
,sino-,british ,joint ,declaration1 as  
called for by the ,joint ,statement of  
the ,governments of the ,united ,states1
 ,australia1 ,canada and the ,united    
,kingdom2 and  7,b7 using all available 
diplomatic means and targeted sanctions 
to encourage the repeal of the national 
security legislation adopted by the     
,standing ,committee of the ,national   
,people's ,congress of ,china on ,may   
#bh1 #bjbj2  7#h7 calls upon the        
,president to encourage an international
 coalition to demand that ,china adhere 
to its international agreements and     
human rights obligations2 and  7#i7     
calls upon ,hong ,kong ,chief ,executive
 ,carrie ,lam to allow the ,hong ,kong  
people to exercise their freedoms of    
speech1 of the press and of publication2

 freedom of association1 of assembly1 of
 procession and of demonstration1 as    
guaranteed in ,article #bg of the ,basic
 ,law of the ,hong ,kong ,special       
,administrative ,region of the ,people's
 ,republic of ,china4