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The best way to avoid conflict with China is for President Xi and the Chinese Communist Party to have no doubt regarding the resolve of the U.S. Government to defend our territory and our interests.

But do you think if we had an American surveillance balloon going over sensitive Chinese Military sites; that the Chinese Government would have, for a minute, hesitated before taking it down?

Then what explains that delay, days of delay?

This was a serious and blatant attempt by the Chinese to collect valuable data.

It is a huge swath of air space that includes the airspace over territorial waters.

Why wouldn't a foreign military surveillance aircraft, violating U.S. airspace inherently be considered to have hostile intent?

Alaska is part of the United States, full stop.

It defies belief that there was not a single opportunity to safely shoot down this spy balloon prior to the Coast of South Carolina.

You would think within the age of computers, we could schedule the Senate so that we didn't have to be three places at once.

The cheapest and cleanest kilowatt-hour is the one that is never used.

People will often make--or usually make--the right decision if they have the data.

The permitting is a lot easier if you are putting gizmos on existing towers rather than cutting a new path through the people's backyards.

About 70 percent of the lithium that we use comes from Australia.

We cannot afford that.

We have had testimony before this Committee that it takes over ten years to permit a pumped storage project.

People will often make--or usually make--the right decision if they have the data.

The cheapest and cleanest kilowatt-hour is the one that is never used.

The permitting is a lot easier if you are putting gizmos on existing towers rather than cutting a new path through the people's backyards.