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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

So it seems like that is a pretty attractive bait to put out there for getting countries to bite.