Chris Van Hollen actually said...

During the Cold War, Presidents Ford and Eisenhower and Reagan directed similar undertakings as we confronted the Soviet Union and I believe...

I am not convinced that we are nailing down everything that we can there.

I am concerned that the Administration is sort of hoping this will go away or that a speech of grand principles will suffice.

I share Senator Hagerty's view that we cannot allow China to establish preconditions for the opportunity to talk to them.