In fact, corruption is China's largest export.

With all the money that has gone in there... were unable to find any significant corruption in Ukraine.

Are you in agreement that there has been-- they have found no significant instances of corruption and siphoning off U.S. taxpayer money in Ukraine, or not going where it should go?

Russia keeps its war machine running by using corruption to evade sanctions.

I am here to represent food production and to defend our ability to feed ourselves.

That is why I was proud to lead the bipartisan Protecting America's Agricultural Land from Foreign Harm Act of 2023 (H.R. 3357).

I am extremely concerned about the loss of production agriculture in the United States.

I have always said, in the East, you try to get rid of water. In the West, we try to preserve every drop of water.

I am going to stay in Congress until I get this damn thing done.

You can ask Congresswoman Lee about what is going to happen down in southern Nevada.

Have we thought about at all offering the same kind of services?

We have had a long history of friendship with the Pacific Islands.

I have been intrigued by the fact that the Chinese have been modestly successful in these policing agreements that they have entered into with some of the countries.

this is a bipartisan issue, and we should do that.

I passed the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act--I assume you are familiar with that--and it was in 2022, and it provides State with much needed flexibilities to stand up our overseas missions.

I passed the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act--I assume you are familiar with that--and it was in 2022, and it provides State with much needed flexibilities to stand up our overseas missions.

These agreements are foremost a promise to the three compact countries.

I would strongly suggest that you guys revisit your efforts in that regard and see how you might be able to make them more attractive so when they do bite on the hook that it is our hook and not the Chinese.