A resolution condemning the crackdown by the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party in Hong Kong, including the arrests of pro-democracy activists and repeated violations of the obligations of that Government undertaken in the Sino-British Joint Declaration of 1984 and the Hong Kong Basic Law.
Summary
This resolution condemns the crackdown on pro-democracy activists carried out by the governments of Hong Kong and China and the Chinese Communist Party under the illegitimate and arbitrary pretext of national security. The resolution also states that the crackdown violates (1) the 1984 agreement between the United Kingdom and China relating to Hong Kong; and (2) Hong Kong's Basic Law, the territory's constitutional document.
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Mar 2021
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Introduced Mar 18, 2021
Last action Mar 18, 2021
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Mar 18, 2021
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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S1655-1656)
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Mar 18, 2021
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1 primary · 17 co-sponsors
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Marco Rubio
RRepublican
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Benjamin L. Cardin
DDemocratic
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Bill Hagerty
RRepublican
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Christopher A. Coons
DDemocratic
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Cindy Hyde-Smith
RRepublican
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Edward J. Markey
DDemocratic
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James E. Risch
RRepublican
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James M. Inhofe
RRepublican
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Jeff Merkley
DDemocratic
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John Boozman
RRepublican
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John Hoeven
RRepublican
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