Rob Andrews: “Do you think the economy is large enough to support a viable regime this time around?”

I think it is the worst-case scenario, in which our relations with the PRC would turn quite frigid.

I understand this is a conceptual proposal, but we don't legislate concepts; we legislate statutes and they have real impact on real people.

The best scenario of the four is the status quo, which is grim. The other three compete in terms of their grimness.

Reclaiming my time, the Senate passed a bill to keep the government running at your numbers that you wanted in budget. We are asking, give every Member of this House a fair up-or-down vote on that bill. Will you do that? I yield to the…