"The Secretary of State cannot defend the decisionmaking process that led us to this point."
"The only defense there might be he might have been lying in Toledo."
"Mr. Pompeo's absence today is the loudest testimony. It speaks volumes."
"This is perhaps the most partisan day in which has been perhaps the most partisan year."
"The pro-democracy candidates won 388 seats, up from 126, with a similar decline on the pro-establishment candidates."
"For the record, if China is watching, I hope you put me on the blacklist. I would be honored."
"And they claim that they will lower their tariffs, we will lower ours, and we will have fair trade."
"I certainly have not read any report of anybody making it from our embassy in Beijing out to western China."
"I also ask Congress to pass the Uyghur Human Rights Bill before the end of the year."
"China policy will never be quite the same again, which is as much a function of the Chinese government's aggression and its terrible track record on human rights issues."
"I think at this point the U.S. should be considering, for example, stating explicitly that it is pursuing consular cases."