We are not particularly good at things like planning, which is essential, or coordination.

I think you challenge us to think bigger and more holistically, which is something that is always very difficult to do.

I think there needs to be a better coordinated effort to look at things more holistically.

You know, Dr. Burgess wax nostalgic about the previous administration. I look back on the early days of this crisis with a lot of shock that scientists were telling us that we had to take this pandemic seriously.

We are not very good at coordination between the House and the Senate, never mind the Federal Government, the State and local governments, and others that need to be part of it.

This year's WRDA has the potential to build significantly on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to ensure that one of our most precious natural resources receives the investments and attention it deserves.

Certainty in this will be critical in flood control planning not only for my constituents but potentially for non-federal project sponsors elsewhere.

For 15 years, I have worked tirelessly with dedicated stakeholders in my district to make the Sacramento region as safe as possible for all residents.

So my question is you`ve had 84 days since that interview to go back and check the records. So when did you speak with the former president on January 6th? Did you talk to the former president before, during or after the attack in the…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for convening this hearing on the Chinese government and party's coercive use of its economic might to pursue its political objectives and to silence critics.

The options appear to be neither simple nor easy, and will require careful and considerate diplomacy with international partners.

It's essential that we respond. A huge thank you to the Women's Tennis Association for being very powerful in its response to Ms. Peng's treatment.

A huge thank you to the Biden administration for announcing yesterday a diplomatic boycott of the Olympic Games, and we must challenge every other nation in the free world to join us.

I'll tell you what's not in keeping with the Olympic spirit of uplifting humanity, and that's crushing humanity by stripping people of their political rights and engaging in genocide.

This is a clear example of China's economic coercion at work.

To what extent is economic coercion the norm?

That's why we need smart action in concert with a coalition of partners.

Acting to defend freedom and to defend democracy will require the establishment of norms for the proper use and boundaries of this technology.

We need to hear from experts on how Congress, the United States Government, and the international community can address these difficult challenges.

We cannot forget that the Chinese government's techno-authoritarianism is felt most gravely by the Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims.

Well, thank you, Chairman Merkley.

The multi-decade transfer of technology that has enabled this brutal dictatorship called the Chinese Communist Party is just appalling.

This concern is why the Commission, under my chairmanship in the last Congress, expanded its reporting to include 'Human Rights Violations in the United States and Globally.'

I look forward to the testimony today to help us work to identify the approaches that can harness technology in a way that respects rather than endangers fundamental human rights.

You don't trade with a dictatorship and think they're somehow going to matriculate to a democracy.