Can I be as bold to say that 'reduce vulnerabilities' goes beyond that or should go beyond that?
I'm not saying that you shouldn't, but I'm also now maybe laying the predicate for something else, which is resiliency.
Where do you think we--where are we on that? How far along are we on that?
Illegal fishing by PRC vessels is depleting the tuna stocks off the coast of American Samoa.
they are American citizens, they deserve American protection. So why aren't we there?
These claims, if accepted, would adversely impact U.S. trade in the region.
The People's Republic of China presents the most direct challenge to this vision.
American Samoa is American territory and I am concerned that we have episodic presence in American territory.
the PRC, the CCP, is the world's greatest polluter by a factor of two.
That's a pretty significant amount coming out of U.S. taxpayer money.
We have good laws on the books, we're just not enforcing them.