"What the government of China is doing in Hong Kong is unacceptable," Van Hollen said on the floor. "They are taking away the rights of people in Hong Kong. They are snuffing out freedoms that exist there right now."
A second measure from Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley is a resolution condemning China for violating a 1984 agreement to guarantee autonomy for Honk Kong. Hawley said a new national security law being adopted by China would "deal a mighty blow to the freedoms and liberties that Hong Kongers have enjoyed for decades now. It's a permanent break from the one country, two systems principle that has governed that city since 1997."
