Clay Higgins actually said...

"It's become very clear that the expense of large traditional, sort-of, 20th-Century envisioned massive vessels of war that are incredibly expensive to build and remarkably easy to sink apparently with..."

"the gray zone coercion and their tactics to advance their own causes in that region while staying below the threshold of what would internationally be recognized as an act of war"

"we certainly recognize, as a people, we recognize that the Communist Chinese leadership poses a potential threat to world peace"

"I am not necessarily opposed to the emerging technology. Even if I were it would be like opposing the incoming tide of the ocean."