Tom Udall: “Thank you, Chairman Kerry, and thank you for holding this hearing.”

It is an honor and a pleasure to meet with all of you again.

As Secretary Blinken has said, China is the only country with the economic, diplomatic, military, and technological power to seriously challenge the stable and open international system.

I thank the Presiding Officer for the recognition today and thank you very much for being here. Today, the Senate is gathered in the middle of an unprecedented pandemic. More than 220,000 Americans have died, millions more have been…

thank you for the recognition. Mr. President, I reserve my right to object. As a former assistant U.S. attorney and New Mexico attorney general, I worked hard to prosecute violent crimes, including those committed against law enforcement…