"But if Pompeo is saying, 'I am concerned about what you are doing in Afghanistan,' and the President is saying, 'I would love to share intelligence with you on counterterrorism...,' how seriously do you think Mr. Putin would take any expressions of concern from the State Department?"
"that congressional request from Congressman Malinowski and Congressman Wilson to the State Department to actually act on that resolution"
"The One Country, Two Systems approach worked well for many years. But recently the CCP began to rapidly erode this system by peeling away the rights and freedoms guaranteed to the people of Hong Kong."
"Today is the 23d anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong to the Chinese Communist Party."
"You have been a steadfast champion of human rights and democracy around the world. And if we do not--you are right, if we do not have moral authority here, we have it nowhere."
"Unfortunately, when we look down Pennsylvania Avenue we see an Administration willing to, in effect, tell China that its obligations to human rights... will simply not catch the attention of the Ameri..."
"America stands with you, and America will always support you."
"I worry that if we do not send a strong response to Hong Kong there are many people, many leaders in the Western Hemisphere that is looking at this and saying, well, if the Chinese did it in Hong Kong..."
"The idea here is very simply to say to the Communist Party of China that if you, indeed, suffocate and crush Hong Kong you will lose its wealth and talent to the United States."
"I strongly support targeted sanctions. But, to be frank, I do not think they are going to do much good."
"We are all aware that we are in a contest with the Chinese Communist Party, a contest of ideas."