"But what about controlling them? Are we doing research, so that somehow these cannot somehow get out of control, spinning into a catastrophe?"
"And by the way, for the Members of Congress that are here, budgeting from CR to CR to CR, and not dealing with the real budget, we have to take responsibility as well, when we do not act the way we ar..."
"There is only one thing worse than fighting with allies, and that is fighting without them."
"the United States, once again, stands as the arsenal of democracy."
"I, like many of my colleagues, see AUKUS as a once-in-a-generation opportunity to seek to counter the CCP's malign influence in the Indo-Pacific."
"If you do not fund the State Department fully then I need to buy more ammunition, ultimately."
"Leader McCarthy's proposed 22 percent budget cut to reduce State Department and USAID funding... at a time when historically so much is at stake right now in terms of democracy, security here at home ..."
"If we're having cuts of the magnitude that I mentioned aren't we essentially putting the white flag up, you know, in our ability to counter China?"
"If you could in 1 minute, where will we be at the end of this war?"
"If we're not there and we're not competing they've got that arena all to themselves."
"These words are more important than ever as the Biden Administration leverages our global alliances and partnerships to counter Chinese malign influence and to support Ukraine in their fight for democ..."