I think it is perfectly clear that the issue here is not whether there is any lack of disgust or resolve with respect to religious persecution that is occurring within the boundaries of China. The issue here is the best way to deal with that. I think it is also fair to say that there is yet to be any credible argument to refute the fact that. by denying visas here. we are disengaging ourselves from an important conversation that needs to be held not just within the borders of this country in the conferences we have on human rights. but in the court of world opinion throughout the world. which we are responsible for conducting by bringing people together to debate issues and values. Of course. we should not be afraid to debate those who would try to defend some of the reprehensible practices that currently occur in China. and we should welcome the scrutiny that we can bring to bear on these folks by bringing them to conferences and having them speak. As has been suggested by a number of people here today. it is our burden to raise awareness of these issues. to expose these practices to the world and let the heat of truth bear upon them. because we will prevail. ultimately. in convincing the rest of the world that more pressure needs to be brought to bear on China to put an end to what is occurring there. One of the supporters of the bill made the comment. we need to show the world where the truth is. I would suggest to my colleagues that it is fundamentally the case. as our first amendment stands for. that there is no better way to do that than to make sure that we have an open and honest discussion in this country that has to include the people who would. amazingly enough. attempt to defend some of these reprehensible practices that are occurring in China. In fact. as a result of the meeting that recently occurred with the President of China here with our President. there is a delegation of religious leaders from our country who will be visiting China in the future to pursue exactly the type of conversation that we may ultimately lose if this bill were to pass and China were to retaliate by denying visas to our religious leaders who seek to enter that country to shake the opinion of not just people around the world but people inside the borders of China who sympathize with us and want to fight to stop human rights abuses. Let me finally say. there has been some suggestion that there ought not to be any controversy with respect to this bill. And that certainly would be true if the bill had ended with the first section. as I described earlier. which simply states the sense of Congress that we should. under no circumstances. tolerate religious persecution in China.