Laura Richardson: “I am deeply troubled, living in a port community where we bring 40 to 45 percent of the entire nation's cargo goes…”

We have an opportunity to leave this generation with a world-class high-speed rail system.

The biggest eye opener for me has been the extent to which China and Russia are aggressively expanding their influence in our neighborhood.

I believe in being frugal, but the question is really: Are these adequate resources to protect our homeland?

The PRC messages its investments as peaceful, but in fact, many serve as points of future multi-domain access for the PLA and strategic naval choke points.