"We are all aware that we are in a contest with the Chinese Communist Party, a contest of ideas."
"This is a battleground in that contest. And we cannot underestimate how important this is."
"I believe China has been emboldened by the fact that no one is minding the shop at the White House."
"Where is our leverage? Where is our moral high ground?"
"I think the elephant in this room is the fact that the Trump Administration has unilaterally given up leverage that would be profoundly helpful in the situation in Hong Kong."
"We need to meet this as never before."
"Chinese have decided it does not matter. They are acting with impunity against the agreement with the handover of Hong Kong."
"On human rights, the President is almost silent. He misses every opportunity to talk to foreign leaders about it."
"So, I worry very much that they play the long game. I worry that they will say, well, there will be an upheaval in the world now, but we will get away with this, just like we have gotten away with thi..."
"We will not look away. We will further engage."
"I joined Representative Curtis in introducing a bipartisan, bicameral bill, the Hong Kong Safe Harbor Act..."