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

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.

Shouldn't we worry that that will negatively impact the carbon sequestration of our forests?

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…

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

The more specific we might be in advance... about the economic consequence of China using coercive means to impose its will on Taiwan would, potentially, be helpful in dissuading them from using such means.

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

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

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

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.

The Senate just passed legislation mandating a diplomatic boycott of the Olympic Games in Beijing and which I believe is very appropriate.

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

they could be arrested for doing so under Chinese law.

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

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

Why do you believe they felt they could go ahead and do this?