{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.rubio.senate.gov//public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=046AD530-0936-4CEE-8305-6C34EA2B81CC", "WEDNESDAY: Rubio Chairs China Commission Hearing on Beijing's Exporting of Authoritarianism", "2017-12-11", "2017", "2017-12", "Republican", "House", "FL", "Marco Rubio", "R000595", "www.rubio.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Press Releases \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHome\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNewsroom\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPress Releases\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\tWashington, D.C. \u2013 U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and U.S. Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ), chair and cochair of the bipartisan Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), will convene a hearing entitled \u201cThe Long Arm of China: Exporting Authoritarianism With Chinese Characteristics\u201d this Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. EST.\u00a0Rubio recently warned of Beijing\u2019s efforts to influence American public policy and basic freedoms. In October, Rubio and Smith released the CECC\u2019s 2017 annual report on human rights and the rule of the law in China.\u00a0A live stream of the hearing is here.\u00a0WITNESSES\u00a0Shanthi Kalathil, Director, International Forum for Democratic Studies, National Endowment for Democracy\u00a0Glenn\u00a0Tiffert, Ph.D., Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University \u00a0Sophie Richardson, Ph.D., China Director, Human Rights Watch\u00a0HEARING DETAILS\u00a0The Long Arm of China: Exporting Authoritarianism With Chinese CharacteristicsWednesday, December 13, 201710:00 a.m. ESTSR-301, Russell Senate Office BuildingWashington, D.C.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.rubio.senate.gov//public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=046AD530-0936-4CEE-8305-6C34EA2B81CC"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5536791179329157, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}