Defending Religious Freedom Around the World

House Committee on Foreign Affairs · February 5, 2026

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Chair opens the joint subcommittee hearing, frames religious freedom as a global crisis and America’s "first freedom," and cites the founders' First Amendment protections as context for the hearing.

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House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing on defending religious freedom worldwide, featuring witnesses including former Ambassador Sam Brownback, Grace Jin Drexel (daughter of detained Chinese pastor Ezra Jin), and Dr. Steven Schneck; members pressed the administration on funding cuts, overdue reporting, Country of Particular Concern designations, and transnational repression.

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