“The international Hong Kong community — who like Americans struggle to contain this outbreak — are our good friends,” Smith said. "For them to show this gesture to CentraState workers is very much appreciated.”
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Smith has introduced legislation in every Congress since 2014 to resist efforts to erode the unique freedoms China had guaranteed to Hong Kong.
Last year’s pro-democracy protests gave new impetus to Smith’s efforts and he stood with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Hong Kong protesters at the Capitol last September to tout the legislation that eventually cleared Congress and went to the president.
New Jersey, with more cases of COVID-19 than any other state but New York, has struggled to get enough equipment to contain the outbreak. Gov. Phil Murphy said Sunday that the state obtained another 200 ventilators from the federal government.
This story was published April 10 by the Star Ledger/NJ.com and can be found online at:
https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/04/hong-kong-human-rights-activists-send-4000-surgical-masks-to-nj-hospital-congressman-says.html