Flood insurance rates are prohibitively expensive and Congress isn't privy to the methodologies that are used to determine those rates.

At-risk areas are not getting the grants they need, but Washington, DC, the seat of all bureaucracy, is getting grants.

An Agency that exists to assist in disasters isn't assisting the areas that have the most disasters.

I think Xi Jinping is an intelligent person, that military action is not the right path for him to consider for a lot of reasons.

I am confident in our standing in these regions and what we offer.

It is important to have a strategy that goes beyond words.

We stand for peace, stability----

I think it sends a signal to would be aggressors around the world of all kinds that we will stand by our commitments and that we honor and respect the rights of democratic people to retain their freedoms and their vision for their own…

I, for one, was surprised to see their treatment of Australia, for instance, and wondered how that could possibly be in their interest to offend a nation in their region as they did, obviously, a nation with which we have a close…

Some weeks ago I asked Taiwan's representative to the United States, what was the single most important thing we could do to convince China that it would be unwise to consider a military action of invasion against Taiwan, and the…

It is important to have a strategy that goes beyond words.

It would seem that they are succeeding in that effort, and we are probably not being quite as effective.

I would think that China's calculation about action of a hostile nature against Taiwan would encompass not just military might but also the response diplomatically of nations around the world, but also economic impact.

That is the objective.

Thank you, Chair and Ranking Member and our witnesses here today, for taking time to hold today's hearing to highlight the delusion of the Biden administration's at-any-cost approach on electrification of our grid.

For almost 60 years, Americans have been driven by fear perpetuated by our climate theorists, authors, climate absolutes, and climate change activists, all who consider themselves experts.

Nothing has been more apparent with this tactic than the $18 billion taxpayer funding of a mandated industry that America's private citizens and business owners do not want to be forced down their throats.

I am actually thinking about some of the more direct economic impact, for instance, anticipating that China relies on Taiwan, for instance, for semiconductor needs of various kinds.