John McCain: “no excuse for inaction on this issue is acceptable.”

I have to recognize that it has been this body, this Senate Committee, very important Committee on Indian Affairs that has been helping us.

As we turn our focus to great power competition and near-peer threats, we must face up to the true nature of the reality of Chinese power and ambition.

If John McCain were here, he'd be saying; Who can we fire? Why is this--this is a pure management problem, it seems to me.

I am convinced the only successful path to preserving the rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific--and the peace and prosperity it has generated--is to renew America's leadership in the region in full.