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

I thank the gentlewoman for that powerful statement. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Johnson), my colleague, the Representative from the Fourth District of Georgia.

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

May I inquire how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Maryland has 18 minutes remaining.

On behalf of Representative Kamlager-Dove and the Congressional Black Caucus, we thank the Speaker for this opportunity. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

The PRC's intent is crystal clear.

I think, if Europe is any indication, we are going to find out that there are several thousand people that will be classified as excess winter deaths.

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

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

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.

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

Finally, I think the time has come to end pretextual stops completely because they are just racial profiling hiding behind legalese and little more than a subtle way to circumvent the constitutional rights of Black and Brown males. Pretext…

China is the most challenging national security threat America has faced in 30 years.

I think the Space Force is critical to that, and I am a believer in it completely.

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.

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

I look forward to working closely with my friend and colleague, Ranking Member Smith, to enact the NDAA.

The work we do here is critical to the security of our country and that of its partners and allies around the world.