The subcommittee will come to order.

The importance of East Asia to U.S. interests is beyond doubt.

I suggest that that is a dangerous and shortsighted approach to budgeting.

Access to the U.S. market should be dependent upon fair and balanced trade.

I think this is something, it is like anything else in life, if you have got a problem, if you ignore it it is not going to go away, it will get worse, and it is going to be worse to deal with and more expensive and more costly.

I think that is a lesson to be learned. That is one of the ways that we are going to have to make these changes so that we can get a hold of our spending so that we are not forced in really draconian cuts that would be much worse than this…

I am not willing to enter another conflict. I don't want to.

When it comes to countering China's growing influence, what programs do you believe give us the most bang for our buck in terms of empowering our partners in the region to defend their territorial claims against China's growing aggression?

We don't want to be forced to cut but I think sometimes we do need to shrink down some things.

Austerity cuts are coming to this country. We know that.

This is a great day for American workers and manufacturers, and for everybody who believes in the concept and the label 'Made in the USA.'

We could use some more loyalty. I love loyalty. Loyalty can be a wonderful thing. Loyalty is very important. I'm loyal to a fault, I'm loyal. I'm a loyal person.

I believe it was a mistake for the president to pull out of the Paris Agreement on climate change.

We must do more to help our critical infrastructure projects.

We need real investment in our infrastructure to support these important programs and address critical safety concerns.

Senator Nelson.

This is a critical time for our Nation's infrastructure, which is in desperate need of upgrades and repairs.

It's a critical time in our Nation's infrastructure. We've been talking about this issue ad infinitum now for several years, yet our roads, rails, ports, our runways, our taxiways, our broadband, continue to languish without much needed…