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Featuring: John Moolenaar, Republican | U.S. House Michigan, 2nd Congressional District

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Representative John Moolenaar's Remarks for USCIRF's Hearing on State-Controlled Religion in China

Published | Video Starts at 02:54

It doesn't need to surveil prayers. But the CCP knows that people who believe in a power higher than the state will never truly belong to it. Just last week, Chinese authorities detained Pastor Jinmin Gree, founder of Beijing's Zion Church, one of China's largest underground Christian congregations. at his home. Pastor Jin is family here in Washington. And that connection reminds all of us that the CCP's war on faith reaches across oceans. (02:54–03:04)

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Asserts that Pastor Jinmin Gree, a leader of a major underground Christian church, was detained by Chinese authorities.

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