We want to ensure a strong crop insurance program that maintains the public-private partnership makeup to help our producers manage risk.

Sounds like a green new deal to me.

We will never prevail in a conflict with China if they're the source of our military supply.

By the way, U.S. Government classifies the Taliban as an insurgent group, in case some of my colleagues don't understand what real insurgencies are.

the most comprehensive and serious challenge to the security of the United States of America.

The PRC is the only competitor with both the intent and, increasingly, the capability to reshape the international order.

It has basically become a conduit for seed money for this new climate bank.

I just wonder what the real agenda is here for an open border.

My concern is, looking at China's influence and funding various groups that are pushing renewables, that in many respects--and I mean this seriously--it undermines our national security, this mad dash to renewables.

They ignore the technological advances, yet they want us to be dependent on China for the--for wind turbines and for solar panels. Does that make sense?

I just--I find it interesting that my colleagues are just--sold out completely for an open border.

Last week's spy balloon drama playing out on the doorstep to the Secretary of State's planned visit to Beijing typifies PRC bad behavior.

We don't have to be [dependent on foreign sources for oil and natural gas]. The only reason that we might be is because we refuse to access what we have.

fentanyl is a weapon that's coming across our borders that's killing young people at a record level.

I've called for ending the almost 44-year U.S. policy of strategic ambiguity in favor of strategic clarity.

If we were really smart about it, we would go to next-gen nuclear and power the world.

Maya Angelou once said that when someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

I am grateful for Congress's passing of the FY23 National Defense Authorization Act, including the embedded Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act.