Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.) used America’s 250th anniversary to renew their support for Falun Gong practitioners, sending statements to Minghui.org, a website documenting firsthand accounts of practitioners.
Young said America was founded on “the principle that every person is endowed with inherent dignity and the freedom to live according to their conscience,” according to his statement.
He said religious liberty and the rule of law have guided his work in the Senate, including his support for legislation targeting the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) persecution of Falun Gong.
Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, is a spiritual practice centered on the principles of truth, compassion, and tolerance. Introduced to the public in China in the early 1990s, it gained widespread popularity, reaching between 70 million and 100 million practitioners by the end of the decade, according to official estimates at the time….
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