Edward Markey actually said...

"I think what it teaches us, Senator, is that China is going to use its economic clout to try to achieve its geopolitical aims."

"China's Belt and Road Initiative may further coerce its neighbors through loans that they cannot repay."

"The idea that they can somehow buy their way out of these violations sends a really disturbing signal."

"The United States, on balance, is losing this competition in ways that increase the likelihood not just of the erosion of U.S. power."