"Legislation like this shows that these communities are very important and that we're interested in a relationship with the Pacific Islands because we see mutual benefit built upon decades of trust."
"This legislation ensures that we are taking a whole of government approach to efficiently and effectively engage with our partners in the Pacific."
"This legislation builds off of a successive Administration's actions to strengthen the United States engagement in the Indo-Pacific."
"Why are we removing bad actors from our entities lists and our sanctions lists?"
"this Chinese entity that engages in genetic testing reminiscent of Nazi Germany."
"I commend Chairman McCaul and Ranking Member Meeks for their work... to protect our national security."
"I do not think we have to make tradeoffs. I think we need to be tough on China."
"If we want to get tough on China and their peddling of the ingredients into fentanyl... Why do not we sanction?"
"What did the Administration get from China, from the Chinese Communist Party for removing this entity from the export control Entity List? What did we get?"
"We want to help Ukraine. Republicans in Congress want to help Ukraine, but we want to see the Biden Administration actually produce an effective sanctions policy, and they are not delivering right now..."
"If you want to win this war, if you want to crush Putin, then you need to abandon this failed price cap strategy."