"I don't think the United States in many ways across our whole of society has fully woken up to what Xi has explicitly stated he wants to go."
"I think we are in a new Cold War with China."
"There is a large body of analysis out there that I have seen that essentially wants China or believes that China is going to follow that same model."
"I completely agree with you, Ms. Flournoy, in counting ships and counting planes, one, isn't the right metric."
"It really is a perfect storm in many ways for them to make that essentially a fait accompli for the United States."
"I am proud to join my colleague, Representative Crow, in that expansion of the SIV program which I think is critical to our local allies and to our ability to move forward."
"I would submit to my colleagues that is a war criminal and we need to be very careful about very loosely throwing around that term."
"We need to be very careful in equating mistakes, perhaps bad judgment calls, with a war crime."
"I introduced H.R. 1911, the Sergeant First Class Brian Woods Gold Star and Military Survivors Act."
"My legislation simply allows surviving spouses to continue to move forward with their lives, allow them to remarry free of fear for losing their benefits owed to them for their family's noble sacrific..."
"Thank you, Chairwoman Luria and Ranking Member Bost, for hosting today's legislative hearing."