Lone Republican becomes only lawmaker to vote against crackdown on human organ trafficking

A bill aimed at cracking down on the Chinese Communist Party CCP and its practice of forced organ harvesting passed with overwhelming sponsorship on Wednesday though one House lawmaker voted against it Rep Thomas Massie R-Ky was the lone Republican to oppose the Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act which passed - It's just another example of us trying to stick our nose in another country's business and write their laws Massie notified Fox News Digital after the vote And at the end of the day they're gonna do what they're gonna do and it's just sort of a virtue signal over here Massie a conservative libertarian often votes against House bills that weigh in on another country's affairs SCOOP REPUBLICANS DISCUSS DEFUNDING 'BIG ABORTION' LIKE PLANNED PARENTHOOD IN TRUMP AGENDA BILLThe Kentucky Republican pointed out that he opposed the ordinance when it was up for a vote during a previous Congress MEET THE TRUMP-PICKED LAWMAKERS GIVING SPEAKER JOHNSON A FULL HOUSE GOP CONFERENCEBut his pushback is also notable now given his status as an open critic of Speaker Mike Johnson R-La and at times of President Donald Trump The bill was introduced by Rep Chris Smith R-N J and would authorize the Secretary of State to deny U S passports and visitor visas to people involved in organ trafficking circles It would also call for sanctions on entities and individuals determined to have participated in the gruesome illicit industry U S lawmakers have accused China of forced organ harvesting of its ideological opponents including Falun Gong practitioners and Uyghur Muslims