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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) speaks in front of the American Legislation Exchange Council's 2013 States & National Policy Summit at the Grand Hyatt in downtown, Washington, D.C., Thursday, December 5, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Loa Pin Shang Pang [cq], right, a member of the Falun Gong, wipes tears from her face as she sits in the audience as daughters of Chinese Political prisoners testify in front of the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations to call on their release at a hearing at the Rayburn Building on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Thursday, December 5, 2013. Chairman of the House subcommittee Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), scheduled the hearing to mark the third anniversary of the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2009. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Grace Ge Geng, Daughter of Gao Zhisheng, center, wipes a tear from her eye as she listens to testimony as she and other daughters of Chinese political prisoners appear before the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations to call for their fathers to be released at a hearing at the Rayburn Building on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Thursday, December 5, 2013. Chairman of the House subcommittee Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), scheduled the hearing to mark the third anniversary of the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2009. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Danielle Wang, Daughter of Wang Zhiwen, right, cries as she delivers testimony along with four other daughters of Chinese political prisoners before the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations to call for their fathers to be released at a hearing at the Rayburn Building on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Thursday, December 5, 2013. Chairman of the House subcommittee Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), scheduled the hearing to mark the third anniversary of the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2009. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Danielle Wang, Daughter of Wang Zhiwen cries as she delivers testimony along with four other daughters of Chinese political prisoners before the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations to call for their fathers to be released at a hearing at the Rayburn Building on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Thursday, December 5, 2013. Chairman of the House subcommittee Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), scheduled the hearing to mark the third anniversary of the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2009. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Danielle Wang, Daughter of Wang Zhiwen cries as she delivers testimony along with four other daughters of Chinese political prisoners before the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations to call for their fathers to be released at a hearing at the Rayburn Building on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Thursday, December 5, 2013. Chairman of the House subcommittee Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), scheduled the hearing to mark the third anniversary of the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2009. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Left to right: Lisa Peng, Daughter of Peng Ming, Grace Ge Geng, Daughter of Gao Zhisheng, Ti-Anna Wang, Daughter of Wang Bingzhang, Bridgette Chen, Daughter of Liu Xianming, and Danielle Wang, Daughter of Wang Zhiwen appear before the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations and hold photographs of their fathers, all Chinese political prisoners, before calling for them to be released at a hearing at the Rayburn Building on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Thursday, December 5, 2013. Chairman of the House subcommittee Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), scheduled the hearing to mark the third anniversary of the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2009. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Left to right: Lisa Peng, Daughter of Peng Ming, Grace Ge Geng, Daughter of Gao Zhisheng, Ti-Anna Wang, Daughter of Wang Bingzhang, Bridgette Chen, Daughter of Liu Xianming, and Danielle Wang, Daughter of Wang Zhiwen appear before the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations and hold photographs of their fathers, all Chinese political prisoners, before calling for them to be released at a hearing at the Rayburn Building on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Thursday, December 5, 2013. Chairman of the House subcommittee Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), scheduled the hearing to mark the third anniversary of the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2009. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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President Barack Obama talks with MSNBC's Chris Matthews during a break in the taping of an interview for the "Hardball with Chris Matthews" show, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, at American University in Washington. The show will are later Thursday. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
