Ted Yoho

You know, what do you call an entity that has a flag and their own military if not a country and a democracy.

I think the Taiwan Travel Act is a historic piece of legislation that sets a tone for a new era in our relationship with Taiwan and around the world.

If we don't do it now and start recognizing that is it going to be easier or harder 3 to 5 years from now?

Nobody is recognizing that today other than maybe Taiwan and, you know, the United States.

We contribute three times more than China. We put in $59 million versus 19, but yet it seems like the WHO bowed to them.

And what I see is China is threatened by the success of Taiwan's democracy. They are insecure and they are frightened that their Communist ideologies cannot compete with freedom.

If we can't say those things in the open, I think we are in a very dangerous situation in the world.

I am so glad that this is one of the issues that I have devoted a fair amount of time on because it has been worth it to see Taiwan continue to grow, continue to be a democracy that other nations can look to see how it is done.

The U.S. and Taiwan's shared commitment to principles such as human rights, freedom of speech, democratic norms, certainly rule of law; all of that serves as a bedrock of this partnership that we have.

Keeping Taiwan out can only hurt global health and there should be no question about Taiwan's participation this year.

The United States certainly through the expression of its legislative branch is not going to be intimidated or threatened or manipulated into a relationship or non-relationship with Taiwan that is not in our interest.

I support the Global Cooperation and Training Initiative through which Taiwanese expertise helps developing countries...

Chairman Chabot's Taiwan Travel Act... became law last month and is a shining example of how Congress can do this.

Congress has always led on Taiwan affairs and it will be incumbent on Congress to continue our leadership.

Taiwan's success is a potent rebuttal to authoritarian, revisionist powers.

Taiwan is a force for good in the world, a beacon of democracy.

They have come to us and wanted us to come in and help prop up, with private enterprise, their ports and things so the Chinese don't come in and control that area because the Sri Lanka deal was a wake-up call for that entire region.

I would be very reluctant to relax any of those U.N. sanctions because of the great difficulty of putting them back on.

I think writing is worthless. It is the actions that go with that.

Our goal is to make sure that the sanctions aren't backed off.

The only way they are going to denuclearize is if there is a regime change.

Today, Kim Jong-un is not his father and I think that is the most important thing that we have to understand.

I see no relinquishing of any of the sanctions.

Seventy million refugees displaced--that's 1 percent of our world population of 7 billion, and we have got to be able to get in there.

Our whole goal is to move from aid to trade is what we want to do.