i and member of our staff have tried to visit chen kwan gen. we apride repeatedly for a visa to visit him. turned down. my hope is they'll grant it and grant it soon. i want to thank our distinguished witnesses. i would like to turn to my good friend and colleague, co-chairman brown, for any opening comments. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i will be brief. thank you all for attending today's important hearing on the treatment of chinese human rights lawyer. we are here to show support for a man who devoted his rights to defending the rights of his fill low citizens, a special thank you to his courageous wife. thank you very much for being here today. we look forward to hearing from you about your wife's career and husband and marginalized in people's republic of china and know his and your devotion to human rights is an inspiration for so many people in china and across the world. thank you. thank you also to li jiang, she will tell the story of her husband standing up for human rights in the face of intimidation and improm imprisonment. today's h