"the United States is the world's oldest democracy, and one of the values that we uphold is the rights of individual people to choose their path forward."
"I have long supported deepening economic relations with our Indo-Pacific partners, and I believe we can do that in a way that protects and benefits American workers and strengthens the U.S. economy."
"So, in my view, that is kind of the approach we should take."
"I would like to echo Representative Spanberger's concerns about the lack of envoys who have been confirmed throughout the region..."
"I would also like to pick up on the issue that Representative Connolly raised, and that is the serious error that the Trump Administration made in walking away from the TPP..."
"I think, you know, for folks that are watching this, as well as for our witnesses and members of the Administration, you've seen bipartisan support for engagement and, you know, a desire from the memb..."
"Going forward, we must balance our need to predict and detect new diseases that could cause pandemics with the potential for accidents or for the weaponization of new discoveries."
"Moving forward, it is clear that we need to rebalance our priorities to better prepare for such threats."
"The best defense against future biothreats is our ability to quickly mitigate the spread of them."
"Holding the CCP accountable is the only way to deter the release of another deadly virus on the global community in the future."
"The World Health Organization's failure to combat China's coronavirus-related misinformation campaign in the early days of the pandemic cost the international community precious time it needed to aver..."
"I think 100 days is what has been articulated, and I think that is something to aim for."