Chris Coons actually said...

"That is the single best thing we can do to strengthen American competitiveness and innovation, to prepare us to succeed in our global competition with China."

"I will use it. I will ask for help from the legislative branch and from other parts of Washington."

"I think it is important to emphasize that, again, Kazakhstan faces the reality of having this big, powerful neighbor that it depends on for so much."

"We can continue the security partnership which is so critical and at the same time be plain, privately, certainly, but public also when appropriate about things like the importance of continued progre..."