Ted Yoho

I just wanted to point that out because I think if we show just a pullback of any that vacuum gets created and it gets filled by somebody else.

Is it not true that we stopped freedom of navigation operations and then they got started again under President Trump?

The best way to deal with this is through economic actions and it should not be the United States alone.

I think we need to look at what is China's ultimate goal and then we need to call them out on this.

They have lied to not just us and to President Obama in the previous administration about militarizing those dredged land masses in the South China Sea.

China has ignored international laws. When the Philippines sued them over the rights of their EEZ, the Chinese lost that court.

I think what we need to do is define what China is trying to do, you know, what are they doing, what is their ultimate goal, and then how do we counter what they are doing.

In closing, I urge my colleagues to support Representative Bass' resolution to stand with Korean Americans seeking to reunite with family members stranded inside North Korea. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

But do they have the will to do that, or the means?

Is anybody willing to secure the gains that we have gained, you know, with women in education and things like that--is anybody willing, outside of the United States of America, to keep those positive gains?

As long as you have a well-informed electorate, you can keep a republic

I am going to suggest it is going to be very difficult for this body to continue to justify supporting 75 percent of the Afghan economy over a long period of time...

I believe that a nation can only fix itself.

I believe that the American response, if needed again, would be far more indiscriminate than it has been to date.

I appreciate what you are saying. And I hope as we back out that peace stays and that we do not see a resurgence of radical groups.

Is that something that you all feel like Norway, the Norwegians can broker?

What is an acceptable level of conflict that we know is probably going to be there.

The peace deal signed between the representatives from the United States and the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan known as the Taliban from here on out in this.

I appreciate you holding this hearing today and looking into a path forward for peace and stability.

I take at face value President Trump's desire to help bring to a close--and the ranking member and I have had conversations about this, and we do not see this as a partisan issue.

I do not believe that we can fix Afghanistan, personally.

I absolutely believe that withdrawal from Afghanistan needs to occur.

I am asking you to include the funding for nonhuman mammalian embryological experiments under the NASA science account in fiscal year 2021 in the CJS appropriations bill.

In order to prepare for future interplanetary travels, these questions regarding embryological development need to be answered.

We would appreciate you keeping us informed on that.