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I am here today as their voice in Congress to solicit your support in making sure our soldiers are provided the best equipment and training tools.

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and certainly want to thank him for his most eloquent statements towards me. I feel a little embarrassed by it, but I do want to thank him. I do want to note, also, that it has been my honor to have…

Reaffirming the peaceful and collaborative resolution of maritime and jurisdictional disputes in the South China Sea and the East China Sea.

It took American democracy over 200 years to develop where we are now.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And I want to thank you for holding today's hearing on U.S.-China relations.

I just want to personally thank you again, Mr. Chairman, for your leadership in having this hearing today.

I have always complained about the fact that we did not seem to pay attention to the Asia-Pacific Region from previous administrations.

We have shared goals and objectives, and we like to see that not only do we have shared goals and objectives, but that we work closely together in achieving those goals.

We think that the United States, that American companies will bring a tremendous amount of technology and support to be able to help that.

I have great hope that you will play an important part to work together to restore our U.S.-India relations.

Prime Minister Modi's victory is India's victory. It is our victory, too.

Good days are coming.

Fishing is a very important part and a critical source of food for many of us.

I will show them the physical evidence of what it is doing.

Climate change must be taken into consideration in the management of sustainable fishing for the future

There is a trade-off between privacy and security. And what I worry is that we will overreact to Snowden's foolish revelations.

There is nothing illegal in what the President in this administration has done

I think it is important for us to continue to carry the mantle of freedom.

We are in a dilemma here, and maybe I am not on the right track, and somewhat of an irony here that we are concerned about our national security.

It seems to me, in my opinion, they are not really up to the same capacity in terms of the advancements that we have made.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And I do appreciate your leadership and especially for calling this hearing this afternoon.

I have become somewhat apprehensive about the idea that China is the new monster, you have to be very careful.

I think there has been some question too about the wealthier Members of Congress. How do they get so wealthy since becoming members of this great institution?

Ho Chi Minh took nothing. He died a simple man, and yet, boy, how we demonized this nationalist leader among the Vietnamese people.