June 19, 2008
Room 418, Russell Senate Office Building
Delaware and Constitution Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20510
Hearing Co-Chairs: Chairman Larry Wortzel and Commissioner Peter Videnieks
AGENDA
Opening Statements
- Opening Statement of Commissioner Peter Videnieks [Remarks]
Panel I: The State of Prison Labor in China’s Prison System
- A general discussion of the status of prisoners and prison labor in China’s prison and “laogai” system
- A discussion of products produced by prison labor which may have been exported for sale in the United States
- Mr. Harry Wu, Executive Director of The Laogai Foundation, Washington, D.C. [Testimony]
- Mr. Gary Marck, Partner at Marck & Associates, Toledo, OH [Testimony]
- Mr. Dan Ellis, Attorney at Lydy & Moan LLP, Toledo, OH [Testimony]
Panel II: The State of Chinese Compliance with the Prison Labor MOU / Administration Perspectives
- A discussion of the provisions of the agreements made between the U.S. and China regarding prison labor products
- A discussion of the Chinese government’s state of compliance with the Prison Labor MOU
Transcript
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