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Cory Gardner is a former Republican U.S. Senator from Colorado, serving from 2015 to 2021. He was the first Republican to win a U.S. Senate seat in Colorado since 2002. During his tenure, Gardner focused on issues such as energy policy, healthcare, and national security. He was known for his efforts to promote renewable energy and for his work on legislation related to nuclear weapons and defense. Gardner lost his re-election bid in 2020 to Democrat John Hickenlooper and has since stepped away from active political office.
The Asia Reassurance Initiative Act that I talked about at the very beginning of the hearing is something that will allow the U.S. to show up with policies and resources in hand to develop greater economic ties, greater security alliances…
I think that, if the bottom line is we want to signal that we are willing to stand by Taiwan...
Today Senator Markey and I and Senator Rubio, Senator Menendez introduced a bill called the Taipei Act.
What are we left with in the South China Sea? I mean, they have militarized the islands.
The need to enhance other aspects of this engagement, particularly on the trade and investment side, is geopolitically critical
Going back to the question I started to talk about, just the investments that China has made in South America.
This hearing is the second hearing in a three-part series of hearings titled 'The China Challenge,' which will examine how the United States should respond to the challenge of a rising China that seeks to upend and supplant the U.S.-led…
What we can do to show U.S. leadership to make sure that we do not fall behind.
I think it is unacceptable that we have not employed that executive order yet.
I think it is important to point out too that when it comes to South Korea, I believe at least in the Korean National Assembly--conversations I had with members of that legislative body--that the retaliation for THAAD cost around $12…
I think from a strategic perspective, it is the obvious solution. From a political perspective, it is more difficult. But this one is a no-brainer.
I think we have laid out a lot of concerns we have with Chinese predatory economics, Chinese coercion, state-owned enterprises, market access requirements.
There is no place in the modern world for powerful countries coercing others.
This must stop. And the American Government must help protect American businesses from being bullied by China.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce supports the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act of 2018 and thanks Senator Gardner for his efforts to strengthen U.S. strategic and economic relationships across the Indo-Pacific region.
The Senate bill affirms core American alliances with Australia, Japan, and South Korea, while calling for deeper military and economic ties with India and Taiwan.
The legislation sets a comprehensive policy framework to demonstrate U.S. commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific region and the rules-based international order.
U.S. policy was rooted in the belief that support for China's rise... would liberalize China.
The Trump administration has been clear on the scope of the problem and gravity of the challenge before us.
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