Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) partnered with Jim Risch (R-ID), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, to lead the introduction of the Assuring the Future of Tibet Act. Our bipartisan bill sends a clear message that the United States will stand with Tibet in its fight for these fundamental freedoms and the promise of tomorrow,” said Merkley. “As long as the People’s Republic of China continues to ignore the rights of Tibet under international law, America will not abandon the Tibetan people.” What Beijing has done to Tibet, they want to do elsewhere to anyone who defies the CCP,” said Risch. The bipartisan Assuring the Future of Tibet Act is co-sponsored by U.S.