I think we have to rethink what our role in the Middle East is, what are our tools, and how do we make ourselves vital to governments.

Their characteristics are social monitoring, citizen scores, you know, the eroding of democracies and going to totalitarian and becoming a vassal State of China.

I think long term we are going to do fine. You know, an oak tree when you plant an acorn it grows straight up.

When you say we are not there, I look at all the foreign aid we have given to countries in Latin America, it is over $5 billion in the last 10 years, and a lot of that goes to good governance, lack of or getting rid of corruption, and law…

I see nefarious things with China. I see no good with what they are doing.

Let me be clear, we are not telling sovereign nations who they can and cannot do business with.

I was proud to lead on two important pieces of legislation, the BUILD Act, and the Championing U.S. Business Through Diplomacy Act that will play a critical role in countering China's influence.

I think we need to change our game plan.

Congress will play a critical role in promoting the U.S. as the best partner of choice in the region.

I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your testimonies. I mean, you guys are spot on pretty much on everything.

We have a free society and so we value freedom of speech, freedom of thought, freedom of expression. They despise that.

Thank you very much, Dr. Exum.

China has no peer competitors along its immediate periphery to be concerned about and plenty of cash to advance its interests.

I appreciate the opportunity to address the mounting political and economic aggression by China.

As a preeminent world leader, the United States is now engaged in a great power competition with China.

If you look deeper, you find predatory lending practices that have beholden other countries to give up strategic ports, land, and infrastructure.

If we do not challenge them, they are going to continue to grow, and they have got their eyes on the Arctic now.

We have implored the chairman of the ASEAN bloc of nations that you need to come together as a bloc of nations to resist the aggression of China.