The Chinese Communist Party, on the other hand, believes that it should be free to usurp the will of the people of Taiwan.

There are many fronts on which we would like China to take a different course.

Somehow they are getting along just fine, and the consequence was not as great as they might have once feared.

Taiwan is not some small outpost. It is comprised, as the chairman indicated, of almost 25 million people.

The United States of America believes that the people of Taiwan should be allowed to determine their own destiny.

Quite simply, it is a matter of believing that the people of Taiwan should be free to make their own choice.

I think it may well be confusing to our public, generally, and perhaps to people on the Hill to consider two things.

My reading suggests that what the Communist Chinese Party has done in Hong Kong has solidified in the mind of the Taiwanese people that the idea of one country/two systems is not real.

What is our strategy with regards to convincing the Chinese not to play a heavy hand with regards to Taiwan?

I want to underscore something that others have raised, which is the urgency for getting vaccines to the people of Taiwan.

It is important to peace and stability in the Western Pacific and it is absolutely in the U.S. interest to make sure that the 24 million people of Taiwan are able to make choices about their own future free from coercion from across the…

The question today is how America, a nation that believes in the dignity of humanity, can aid the millions of people of Taiwan to remain free to make their own decisions.

I have been a strong proponent for getting vaccinations.

I support investigating leaks of classified information.

Each of us have reached a tentative understanding. And so, we’re not looking for adjustments. What we’re looking for is to see whether our colleagues are open to it.

What is the purpose of that from the Chinese standpoint? Is it to silence outspoken individuals?

Our hearts bleed, as we think of what you are enduring, and what your family is enduring.

What we are seeing is mass atrocity without mass slaughter. It is the atrocity of genocide without the attendant slaughter of genocide.