{"id":21978,"date":"2025-04-09T15:48:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T19:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=21978"},"modified":"2025-04-09T15:49:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T19:49:01","slug":"merkley-presses-trump-nominee-on-chinas-human-rights-abuses-freedom-of-the-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-presses-trump-nominee-on-chinas-human-rights-abuses-freedom-of-the-press\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley Presses Trump Nominee on China\u2019s Human Rights Abuses, Freedom of the Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Merkley Presses Trump Nominee on China\u2019s Human Rights Abuses, Freedom of the Press\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qCdxAPecYIM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Senator Jeff Merkley questioned David Perdue, Trump\u2019s nominee to be Ambassador to China, about China\u2019s human rights abuses and the dismantling of Voice of America, among other topics. 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