If you thought COVID-19 was the deadliest disease to come from China, think again. Authoritarianism is a far deadlier disease, having killed hundreds of millions of people throughout history.

China's growing influence in the region is good news for no one.

China, in my understanding, is the greatest threat to the United States, the greatest threat that the United States has ever faced.

that he does not deal with Communists. That the Chinese government kills people who want to be free. That he is going to break ties with Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and China, which I think are policies that are actually pretty good for the United States' interest in the region.

China is not our friend. Look around. They are coming after us, educationally, militarily, academically, economically.

I want to say I agree with Mr. Thompson from Pennsylvania, that the problem is not the Chinese people. The problem is the Chinese government.

China has managed to become a great country but not always through noble means. It has stolen intellectual property.

My Republican colleagues are constantly telling us that we need to do more to counter China and criticize the President for not doing enough.

I am so thankful, Chairman, that you are moving this bill early in our markup and that it is so bipartisan to confront the abuses of China because it has been bad for America.

I think it is very clear that members of this committee on both sides of the aisle recognize that the People's Republic of China's continued economic coercion and aggression in the Indo-Pacific presents serious challenges to our national security.

China is not a developing country despite PRC's self-designation.

We must act now to stop China's aggressive behavior, whether it be in our airspace against Taiwan and our allies or against the Uyghurs and other minority populations.

It is unfortunate that despite our best efforts, it isn't. We want the State Department to be laser focused on the challenges posed by the PRC.

I also support H. Res. 90 which condemns the unjust and arbitrary detention of Mark Swidan by the People's Republic of China and demand his immediate release.

I just think this is such an important measure that we don't want them to just say, well, the Chinese people are going to get mad.

I can't think of anything more horrific or more barbaric than this practice that the Chinese Communist Party engages in to hold people down against their will, and sometimes anesthetize them, sometimes not, and take out their very vital organs and then sell them for hundreds of thousands of dollars. It is absolutely disgusting to me.

It is clear that the Chinese Communist Party and the People's Republic of China are our greatest geopolitical threat.

We must authorize funds for the Countering People's Republic of China's Malign Influence Fund to position USAID and the State Department for strategic competition with China.