Edward Markey actually said...

"the goal is not to try to make people choose between friends but to have multiple friends to have in a system that actually abides by international norms and rules of the road that we all agree to."

"I do not agree with all the ways that the Trump administration is going about dealing with this problem, but I do think they should be commended for highlighting it, and business as usual was not goin..."

"I think that must continue to escalate in terms of the pressure that we are applying."

"They may be a small part of a broader economic policy, but they should not be the central tool of our economic approach to China."