this is a huge bipartisan victory, really, for Congress, and I think probably most Americans do not have a full appreciation of how important the Pacific Region is as far as our competition with China is concerned.

Look, Congress recently passed legislation on a bipartisan basis to sanction China for the oil purchases.

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

I think the problem is there is some people making the same mistake right now with China, thinking that they are is something that they are not.

I find it embarrassing. I think it is antithetical to our strategic interests.

The days of admiring the problem from afar must be over.

I do think, and I will just state clearly that Iran is an implacable foe of the United States.

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

This was not a good idea, which is an understatement.

The Administration's record is dismal. China is tightening its linkages with our adversaries, and the Administration is doing almost nothing about it.

I do believe we should put these folks on the field.

The Administration wrongfully insisted it is winning the competition with China. Not so.

It is past time we take a tougher line to stop Chinese malign influence.

I think the Europeans, because of their experience with Russia, are very, very reluctant to make the same mistake with China.

China's ambitions are global. It is proactive in every region and reaps strategic benefit from chaos in Europe and the Middle East.

I find this preposterous.

Is it not prima facie that somebody has failed? The former president was shot.

Then fire somebody to hold them accountable.