Rob Andrews: “This is a hearing that I think starts from the premise of a story that isn't true, or an era that doesn't exist.”

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

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…

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

Provocation is not the goal of these questions; a sober analysis is.