,,iii  #aag? ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 ,,res4 #hba  ,,9 ,,! ,,s5ate ,,( ,,!
 ,,unit$ ,,/ates  ,septemb] #bi1        
#bjbb,mr4 ,cram] 7= himself1 ,mr4 ,k+1  
,mr4 ,ris*1 & ,mr4 ,padilla7 submitt$ ! 
foll[+ resolution2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to !    
,committee on ,=eign ,relations         
,,resolution  ,condemn+ ! arre/ (       
,c>d9al ,z5 9 ,hong ,kong1 & reaffirm+ !
 commitm5t ( ! ,s5ate to support+       
democracy1 autonomy1 religi\s fre$om1 & 
human rights 9 ,hong ,kong4  ,:]eas1 9  
,may #bjbb1 ,hong ,kong au?orities      
arre/$ ,c>d9al ,z51 a #ij-ye>-old bi%op 
em]itus ( ,hong ,kong & outspok5 critic 
( ,*9a's rul+ ,communi/ ,p>ty1 on       
spuri\s *>ges1 accus+ him & f\r o!rs (  
violat+ ,*9a's national security by     
collud+ ) =eign =ces1 z well z =        
alleg$ly fail+ to regi/] a fund e/abli%$
 to assi/ p arre/$ 9 ! mass             
anti-gov]nm5t prote/s t began 9 #bjai2  
,:]eas ,*9a impos$ a s-call$ national   
security law 9 #bjbj1 effectively cru%+ 
,hong ,kong's opposition movem5t1       

ov]haul+ its electoral sy/em to provide 
,beij+ ) ev5 m control1 sil5c+ free     
m$ia1 & crippl+ its once-vibrant civil  
society2 ,:]eas hundr$s ( prote/ors1    
activi/s1 & =m] opposition lawmak]s h   
be5 arre/$ s9ce ! national security law 
came into =ce2 ,:]eas ,hong ,kong is    
devolv+ into an increas+ly repressive   
society :]e no "o resi/+ gov]nm5t       
tyranny is safe1 includ+ religi\s lead]s
 & communities2 ,:]eas1 9 #bjbb1 !      
,unit$ ,k+dom ann\nc$ t two ( its       
,supreme ,c\rt judges w\ld no long] sit 
on ,hong ,kong's top c\rt1 z ! ?reat to 
civil lib]ties & lack ( judicial        
indep5d5ce _h made _! role unt5able2    
,:]eas ,c>d9al ,z5 & five prom95t       
pro-democracy campaign]s h plead$ n     
guilty 9 c\rt 9 ,hong ,kong = fail+ to  
prop]ly regi/] a humanit>ian fund !y    
e/abli%$ to help p arre/$ 9             
anti-gov]nm5t prote/s 9 #bjai2 & ,:]eas 
! /ory ( ,c>d9al ,z5 is only "o ( _m su*
 in/ances ( religi\s p]secution &       
infr+em5t on democratic fre$om 9 ,*9a & 

ar\nd ! _w3 ,n[1 !re=e1 be x ,t !       
,s5ate-- 7#a7 condemns ! arre/ ( ,c>d9al
 ,z5 by ! ,hong ,kong au?orities at !   
behe/ ( ! ,*9ese ,communi/ ,p>ty2  7#b7 
calls = all *>ges to be imm$iately      
dropp$ aga9/ ,c>d9al ,z52  7#c7         
reaffirms religi\s fre$om z a fundam5tal
 "r2 &  7#d7 urges ! ,*9ese & ,hong     
,kong au?orities to cease t>get+ ,hong  
,kong's civil society actors & to       
imm$iately release & drop all *>ges     
aga9/ all political prison]s :o h be5   
unju/ly deta9$ & *>g$4