,,iv  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #ajfi  ,,in ,,the ,,house    
,,of ,,representatives  ,march #h1      
#bjbd,mr4 ,la,lota submitted the        
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs 
,,resolution  ,demanding that the       
,government of the ,people's ,republic  
of ,china and the ,chinese ,communist   
,party immediately release ,kai ,li4    
,whereas ,kai ,li is being unjustly and 
arbitrarily detained by the ,government 
of the ,people's ,republic of ,china1   
according to the ,united ,states        
,government2 ,whereas ,kai ,li is a     
,united ,states citizen from ,long      
,island and is a resident of ,new ,york2
 ,whereas1 on ,september #i1 #bjaf1 ,kai
 ,li was whisked away by agents from the
 ,shanghai ,state ,security ,bureau2    
,whereas he was not allowed to have     
access to legal counsel while being     
harshly interrogated every single day at
 an unknown location for almost #c      
months by state security agents2        

,whereas1 on ,november #be1 #bjaf1      
,chinese agents moved ,kai to the       
,shanghai ,no4 #a ,detention ,center1   
where he would end up spending #bh      
months2 ,whereas1 despite being informed
 that ,kai's case had been escalated for
 prosecution1 officials still refused   
him access to legal counsel on the      
grounds that it would endanger national 
security1 even though ,article #cc of   
,china's ,criminal ,procedure ,law      
ostensibly allows defendants to entrust 
a defender after he_/she is interrogated
 for the first time2 ,whereas1 on       
,february #bd1 #bjag1 the procuratorate 
finally accepted ,kai's case nearly #f  
months after his initial arrest1 which  
enabled him to finally meet with his    
attorney2 ,whereas1 on ,august #aj1     
#bjag1 ,kai's trial was held by the     
,shanghai ,no4 #a ,intermediate         
,people's ,court after #b unexplained   
adjournments1 with ,united ,states      
diplomats prevented from attending1 in  
apparent violation of ,article #ce of   

the ,united ,states-,china bilateral    
consular convention2 ,whereas1 on his   
#eeth birthday1 ,kai and his attorney   
were notified that following the trial1 
the case had been returned to the       
procuratorate for supplemental          
investigation on ,september #cj1 #bjag1 
before being returned to the ,court on  
,october #bi2 ,whereas1 on ,july #be1   
#bjah1 ,kai was concurrently sentenced  
to #aj years in prison1 a #ej1jjj       
renminbi 7,,rmb7 fine1 and deportation2 
,whereas ,kai's crime was deemed        
serious1 and thus punishable by anywhere
 from #aj years fixed imprisonment to   
life imprisonment2 ,whereas1 on         
,february #bb1 #bjai1 ,kai was          
transferred from the center to ,qingpu  
,prison just over a month after his     
appeal hearing1 which enabled him to    
receive semi-monthly visits from family 
in ,china1 and to make #b #g-;and-a-half
 minute phone calls a month to his wife 
and son in the ,united ,states2 and     
,whereas1 during his time in prison1    

,kai has suffered a stroke and other    
health related issues3 ,now1 therefore1 
be it ,that the ,house of               
,representatives-- 7#a7 demands that the
 ,government of the ,people's ,republic 
of ,china and the ,chinese ,communist   
,party immediately release ,kai ,li2    
7#b7 condemns the ,government of the    
,people's ,republic of ,china and the   
,chinese ,communist ,party for refusing 
to provide ,kai ,li with-- 7,a7 regular 
unmonitored communication with his      
family2  7,b7 access to ,united ,states 
diplomats2 and  7,c7 independent and    
competent medical care and evaluation2  
and  7#c7 calls for the ,united ,states 
,government to deepen and prioritize    
efforts to secure the release of ,kai   
,li1 including by-- 7,a7 urging         
counterparts of the ,people's ,republic 
of ,china at every level of engagement  
to release ,kai ,li2 and  7,b7 using the
 voice and vote of ,united ,states      
diplomats in international forums to    
highlight ,kai ,li's case4