Edward Markey actually said...

"I do believe that these vaccines can be as valuable if they go directly to those troops as any weapons system, which we sell to Taiwan."

"There is, obviously, a broad range of issues to go into great detail with Taiwan, given they are our ninth largest trading partner."

"I am concerned that we do not have an active crisis hotline between our militaries."

"I agree 100 percent, Senator, that has been a very effective platform for, basically, advertising the Taiwan brand, if you will."