"We can pass the Afghan Adjustment Act. We can, you know, certainly protect the folks that are here."
"Let's fix this problem. Let's continue to, you know, get folks out of Afghanistan, family members, women, and others that are at risk to the best of our ability."
"I am not going to defend how the Chinese Communist Party has handled this pandemic."
"My colleagues, Congresswoman Dingell and Congressman Ross have equivocally said, as Democrats, we want to find out what the origins of COVID were."
"if we think about the geopolitical order in 75 years post-World War II, you know, it really was U.S.-led but peace, prosperity, lifting, you know, millions out of poverty, and creating stability."
"Xi Jinping's policies have taken Beijing in a very different direction, and we do not have to guess that direction."
"The aggression in the South China Sea has changed the calculus in the South China Sea, aggression across the Taiwan Straits, human rights violations in Xinjiang, you know, what they've done in Hong Ko..."
"I applaud the Administration for the alliances and renewal of, you know, the elevation of Quad coalition to the leaders' level is certainly incredibly important."
"the hope is to avoid confrontation, but, given the realities that we see in the Indo-Pacific, hugely important."
"the Countering China Economic Coercion Act that I introduced with Representative Wagner that was signed into law by President Biden."
"Thanks to the miracle of vaccines, the Congressman is safe, healthy, and back at work."
"the stakes of these encounters can be much higher."