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Obviously, we all, in a bipartisan way, understand the importance of cementing this relationship, sending a strong signal to our brothers and sisters in the Islands about a long-term U.S. commitment with our friends and allies.

I appreciate the budget that you put forth in our competition with the People's Republic of China.

Rising sea level is not just something esoteric. It is an essential threat to their livelihood and existence.

It is now up to Congress, and specifically the House Foreign Affairs Committee, to pass authorizing legislation to provide these mandatory funds.

I was honored to co-sponsor legislation with the late Representative Don Young in the last Congress.

the best way to serve her memory is to continue to preserve these American values.

I think about what our values are, our values of freedom of democracy, the obligations that we have in terms of global security and protecting those values around the world.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. This should be an easy vote because this is just about science. It is about understanding the origins of this virus that created this pandemic that took at a minimum 7 million lives-- probably many more…

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.

We can pass the Afghan Adjustment Act. We can, you know, certainly protect the folks that are here.

My colleagues, Congresswoman Dingell and Congressman Ross have equivocally said, as Democrats, we want to find out what the origins of COVID were.

I am not going to defend how the Chinese Communist Party has handled this pandemic.

We should not abandon the Afghans that helped us, that supported us, the family members.

the Countering China Economic Coercion Act that I introduced with Representative Wagner that was signed into law by President Biden.

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.

the hope is to avoid confrontation, but, given the realities that we see in the Indo-Pacific, hugely important.

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 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 Kong.

Xi Jinping's policies have taken Beijing in a very different direction, and we do not have to guess that direction.

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Thanks to the miracle of vaccines, the Congressman is safe, healthy, and back at work.