Ted Yoho actually said...

East Asia and the Pacific represents the opportunities and challenges of this century like no other part of the world.

We need to pay attention to... trade practices that are not conducive to open trade and honest trade.

If we create a vacuum we know the rules of nature--nature abhors a vacuum--it will be filled by somebody.

But to cut the budget to State to save money in the hopes of strengthening our presence and growing strategies...