Rubio called forced organ harvesting “deeply concerning.” “We’d be glad to support you in any way we can to help pass the Anti-Forced Organ Harvesting Bill in the Senate,” he said.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has promised to be helpful in any way possible to facilitate passage of legislation countering the Chinese regime’s state-sanctioned forced organ harvesting.
The question came up at the House Foreign Affairs Committee, where Rubio testified on May 21 about the State Department’s 2026 budget proposal.
Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), who co-led the Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act (HR 1503), appealed to Rubio for help.
“You and I have worked on issues like forced organ harvesting,” Smith said to Rubio, noting that the two had co-chaired the bipartisan Congressional-Executive Commission on China to work on human rights issues in China.
“[Chinese leader] Xi Jinping is making billions by killing tens of thousands of young people, average age 28 each and every year,” Smith said. “And you know it—you’re the sponsor of the bill.
While a Florida senator during the last Congress, Rubio had signed on to the Senate version of Smith’s Act, which aims to sanction perpetrators of the abuse with a civil fine of up to $250,000 and criminal penalties of up to $1 million and 20 years in prison. The bill passed the House on May 7 by a near-unanimous vote, garnering 406 lawmakers’ support.
“If we could get it out of the Senate, it would hopefully clamp down on this egregious human rights abuse in China,” Smith said. “And it’s a global bill. It would outlaw forced organ harvesting profoundly with real penalties—up to 20 years in prison for those who are part of the supply chain.”
Rubio, in response, called forced organ harvesting “concerning.” “We would obviously be helpful in any way we can in helping you pass that in the Senate, certainly putting a good word for it and the like,” he said.
The Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act would sanction anyone implicated in the abuse, including members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), by freezing their assets, prohibiting transactions, revoking their visas, and eliminating other immigration benefits.
Rubio was outspoken about the issue as a senator. Last July, he led the Falun Gong Protection Act, which aims to deploy sanction tools to protect the principal victim group of forced organ harvesting, practitioners of the persecuted faith group Falun Gong. The bill also passed the House in May upon reintroduction in the 119th Congress.
From Epochtimes
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