Political Quotes

“Mr. President, this month, during this year's first open hearing for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, national security and military leaders gave a worldwide threat assessment of our country and of our way of life. They described threats to our homeland, to our key allies, to our trading routes, to data privacy, and to our infrastructure, including crucial space assets. There was a common theme in the concerns that we heard from our military and national security leaders; but, also, from what I have heard, these things are confirmed by Kansans and Americans. The People's Republic of China is our greatest foreign threat to democracy, to our peace, and to our prosperity. At no time--this is not just a throwaway line. At no time in my life have I been more concerned about the enormity of the challenges our country faces. The Chinese Communist Party, led by President Xi Jinping--the most powerful leader of the CCP since Chairman Mao--is on a determined, calculated mission to overtake the United States in fields that will shape the 21st century. Beijing is intent that rather than the United States of America influencing world events in a way that favors and bends toward our principles of a free and open world, they want China's authoritarian model and they want the world bent their way.…”