over the past five years, lui xa's health has severely deteriorated. she suffers from back pain and had a heart attack last year. her repeated requests for medical treatment have been denied. we urgently request that the chinese government allow liu xa to seek medical treatment abroad and release liu chabot, the world's only jailed peace prize laureate. such action would be a welcome humanitarian gesture. i could not agree more. with the very wise sentiments expressed by senator feinstein and senator leahy. that is exactly right the united states should speak with one voice in support of human rights and against the disgrace that china has jailed this nobel peace laureate. my resolution following in the tradition of the resolution that renamed the street in front of the soviet embassy in honor of the heroic russian dissident and nobel laureate andre sakharov in 1984 would do the same. it would rename the street in front of the people's republic of china embassy to be liu xiaobo plaza after the equally noble chinese dissident and nobel laureate who had b