Ed Markey actually said...

"Congress should call upon Commerce, Treasury, and other departments and agencies to develop tools to retaliate against Chinese firms and the interests of relevant government officials."

"I think that the fundamental assessment from my point of view is that U.S. alliances in Asia are fundamental to our power, our access, and our interests in the region."

"I am encouraged to hear that the bipartisan Asia Reassurance Initiative Act will be marked up by the full committee."

"The greatest economic coercion strategy we can place on China is helping to build free-market trade agreements and free-market economies in Asia whose standards are so high that a statist CCP will not..."