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United States Senator for Oklahoma James Lankford took to the Senate floor on Wednesday afternoon to discuss ways the US government can hold China accountable for human rights violations and suppression of freedom. During his speech. Sen. Lankford cautioned the nation about the dangers of China’s aggressive and often predatory actions toward the international community and the U.S. Lankford also discussed the escalating tensions in Hong Kong between the people and the governments there.

On the Senate floor, he said they should engage as a government to make sure Hong Kong continues to have free speech as we have. When anyone loses their human rights indignities, Sen. Lankford said the world loses human rights and dignities. He said there are many things that need to happen with COVID-19 right now and that they're actively working on those things as well, and should. But he said they should not lose track of freedom, because freedom is our responsibility to model and to live and to help other free people to guard.

Sen. Lankford said the Chinese communist government is not the ally of freedom for the world. Below is the full video of Sen. Lankford's full speech on the Senate floor on Wednesday.