John Kerry

But, beyond that, this aggression is not only an aggression against Ukraine; it is an aggression against the very basic principles of the international order...

We have to get back to the place we were, where terrorists are not the focus of our lives, but they are a nuisance.

By 2030, the United States, we won't have coal. We will not have coal plants.

As Secretary Blinken has said, our relationship with the PRC will be competitive when it should be, collaborative when it can be, and adversarial when it must be.

This administration will compete, and compete vigorously, with the PRC where we should, and we will cooperate with the PRC where it is in our interest.

Climate is perhaps the signature issue on the cooperation side.

Forced labor and human rights abuses in the PRC span multiple sectors and regions, and PRC officials continue to obstruct international efforts to identify and monitor these abuses.

I agree with the administration's competitive approach to the PRC.

I think the President would want to know if something is just baloney, or if a country is misleading.

As Special Presidential Envoy Kerry has noted, climate is a critical standalone issue, and other aspects of the U.S.-China relationship will not be traded for U.S. interests.

If confirmed, I will implement the administration's priorities, ensure that the PRC is held accountable for its human rights abuses.

I reject the linkage of action on climate to other issues in the bilateral relationship.

Human rights and democracy are at the core of U.S. foreign policy.

Yes, I commit that I will not take steps to trade other U.S. interests for the sake of an agreement or promises from the PRC on climate change.

I agree with the Biden-Harris administration's position that the PRC is committing genocide and crimes against humanity against members of ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang.

His role is to lead the U.S. diplomatic efforts worldwide to reassert U.S. climate leadership and raise global ambition to meet the daunting climate challenge.

How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?

Someone has to die so that President Nixon won`t be, and these are his words, the first president to lose a war. We are asking Americans to think about that.

Trusting China to lower their emissions would be 'stupid and malpractice.'

I will be happy to make an appointment with you to come up and have a chat with you for more than 5 minutes.

It would be stupid and malpractice if we just sort of set up a China trust thing.

The President--and I think this is where this gets exciting--is convinced, as I am, that the opportunities here are so much greater than any deficit in this transformation.

I think that is going to happen here in amazing ways.

Well, I mean, one of them obviously already raised by several Members is the challenge of the border adjustment mechanism and the possibility of some kind of tariff.

My focus is, obviously, to deal with the China crisis and to get us, hopefully, in a place where it is constructive and we are moving in the right direction.