Cory Gardner

These hearings are also informing new legislation that we are working on that I am leading called the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act.

President Trump has just concluded a landmark visit to the region, the longest by a U.S. President in over 25 years.

What we have lacked in this country, I believe, is a long-term strategy when it comes to Asia.

I believe, is a long-term strategy when it comes to Asia.

The extrajudicial killings that have taken place in the Philippines create a very significant obstacle for the United States

One of the focuses of the bill, of course, is human rights and rule of law.

If the Congress or the administration should consider a ban on U.S. citizen travel to the North, an exception should be permitted for travel by Americans involved in humanitarian and other worthy efforts in North Korea.

We should also assist private American humanitarian organizations that provide such aid.

We must also support the South Korean Government in its humane and generous refugee program for those from the North.

We need to continue to encourage the free flow of information into North Korea.

Democracy, human rights, and rule of law are generally in retreat across the region despite some hopeful developments in countries such as Burma.

The Asia-Pacific region has been and will remain critical to the United States' economic and national security interests.

As we close this hearing today, and I do truly appreciate your time and testimony today because this is a very useful exercise as we learn more about the problem ourselves and challenge ourselves and try to do our best to coordinate the…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I have introduced a bipartisan bill to create a Senate Select Committee on Cybersecurity.

The Energy Subcommittee is certainly important to my home state of Colorado.

I am honored to chair the Subcommittee this Congress and look forward to working with the Subcommittee's Ranking Member, Senator Manchin.

It is an important hearing as we talk about infrastructure, because we know what Denver's new airport did 20 years ago.

But yet we hear from airports across Colorado--Durango, Grand Junction, Colorado Springs, and Denver have all said that raising the PFC is critical to meeting their long-term infrastructure needs.

This argument is eerily reminiscent of some conversations we are going to be having on the Hill here the next couple months.

That is $15 billion that we need just in Colorado alone in water infrastructure.

I appreciate the opportunity to learn from you about how we can work together in the future, on water issues, infrastructure issues and make some great things happen.

The wisdom of Neil Gorsuch, guardian of the Constitution, will serve our Nation well for generations to come.

I look forward to Judge Gorsuch receiving a fair hearing and, after that, to working with my distinguished colleagues on both sides of the aisle to expeditiously confirm his nomination.

One of the most important goals of our national telecommunications policy should be to close the urban-rural broadband divide.