Jeff Fortenberry: “Thank you very much for convening this very important discussion and hearing today.”

No, other than again to thank you, Mr. Chairman, for your leadership. I think it has been a productive hearing to unpack this significant portion of America's public policy of both expenditures but also impact.

I thank the gentleman from Virginia for yielding. Mr. Speaker, you might notice a little smile on my face. Honestly, as I was walking over here to speak on the bill, I was reflecting on my own life as a father. I have five children. When…

We see this manifesting itself again, China on the march, seemingly ahead of us.

Thank you very much.