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

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…