Aggressively targeting China should be the top priority in U.S. sanctions policy.

The Administration's record is dismal.

I would say that politics is a tough game.

I think they have to be accounted for more directly.

The balance of power in the region continues to move in China's favor.

I think the problem is there is some people making the same mistake right now with China.

I always appreciate your understanding of these issues and frankness.

I find this preposterous.

It is time for our Government to wake up to the real challenges China presents and start taking concrete action.

I do not like going to a country in which we sit down with the leader, and we do not have an ambassador there.

I am not seeing the same enthusiasm for the Administration.

boy, I will tell you, that is a heavy lift sometimes.

I think it is absolutely essential that we be very clear that Maduro was not elected as president of Venezuela.

We think the United States has to work with our partners in South America to make it clear that that was not an election where Maduro won.

We need all our players on the playing field.

It makes no sense and undermines our interests every day that we do not have ambassadors on post at places around the world.

It is a dereliction of duty, in my view, that we are not moving these men and women through the process.

You cannot beat something with nothing.