04/27/2009
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"I want to thank Representative Sherman for introducing this measure today which will press the administration to submit a timeline to Congress for when these transfers will occur."
"What is at stake is not uninhabited reefs but the entire country. And Taiwan is not asking us for deployment, or to spend money. They are simply asking for the tools to defend themselves."
"When we look at the East and South China Sea, we see China becoming more aggressive."
"I want to thank the chairman for bringing up this bill, which we put together with a lot of input from others."