Sen. Risch Issues Statement on Designating Chinese Media Entities Under Foreign Missions Act
February 19, 2020
February 19, 2020
BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement regarding the State Department's decision to designate five Chinese media entities as foreign missions under the Foreign Missions Act:
"I applaud the decision to designate five Chinese media organizations as foreign missions.
"In the United States, we believe in a free press and we know these types of organizations are not free. . . .
"I applaud the decision to designate five Chinese media organizations as foreign missions.
"In the United States, we believe in a free press and we know these types of organizations are not free. . . .