Laura Richardson: “These hearings threaten to reduce, rather than enhance, our security.”

I think the threat to our National economy, the global economy, to lives is severe.

I am deeply troubled, living in a port community where we bring 40 to 45 percent of the entire nation's cargo goes through my district.

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.

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