What is our message? ... our message is that before the Americans came it used to take 4 hours to get to the nearest city out of Kabul and now it only takes an hour.

We must also hold the CCP accountable for the atrocities they commit against the Uyghur people and other ethnic minorities.

China's quest to become the world's leading power-economically, militarily, and geopolitically-is the central challenge of the 21st Century.

We are their neighbor. We are their partner. That is our commitment.

America is standing with them is about their sovereignty, about their territorial integrity, and about their ability to make decisions for themselves.

There is a global competition between nations that are interested in freedom and democracy and those that want to become authoritarian regimes.

Expanding concrete economic engagement in the region is what our partners most want to see, and it's crucial for the U.S. economy as well.

We have a vested interest in ensuring that your democracy is strong and resilient.

We must link arms with our friends and allies to confront China, to push the Chinese Communist Party to abandon its predatory policies.

I would strongly encourage FEMA and these other Federal agencies to meet as soon as possible and to bring in individuals from outside government who may have expertise.

I think it is really important for us to recognize that the frequency and the severity of wildfires is becoming dramatically more severe and significant.

But we should have been--we are part of Congress. When you are asking us for $10 billion, we should be apprised of what those tradeoffs are and have that discussion and help make that decision together.

the Administration has recklessly and unilaterally spent taxpayers' money. We have runaway inflation.

I hope that there is an appreciation that for the Administration to say they could not purchase these things and then after several months divert some funds and then purchase them is unacceptable.

I am one of those that doesn't understand why golden parachutes are provided by boards ever.

We are now at a point, because Congress has not given us additional funding, that we have had to do these things that are unacceptable.

We can do that. We will do that. And I tell you, the disingenuous attack on Republicans is something which--by the way, just as Senator Graham said, your approach is making it harder for us to find a solution to save Social Security, and…

The Social Security Trust Fund goes away by 2034, at which point benefits are cut automatically.