Members of the House speak on Chinese dissident and Nobel Prize winner Liu Xiaobo in Washington
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, speaks at a press conference to honor the Chinese dissident and Nobel Prize winner Liu Xiaobo and call on the Chinese government to improve its human rights record, on Capitol Hill in Washington on December 7, 2010. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
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