Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) has cosponsored S. 4009, the Falun Gong and Victims of Forced Organ Harvesting Protection Act, adding another Democratic name to a bipartisan bill targeting the Chinese regime’s persecution of Falun Gong practitioners and other victims of forced organ harvesting.
The bill was introduced by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and referred to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on March 5.
The measure would require the president to impose sanctions on foreign persons determined to have knowingly and directly engaged in or facilitated forced organ harvesting in China. Those sanctions include U.S. property blocking, visa ineligibility, and revocation of existing visas, according to the bill text….