Steve Chabot actually said...

It's critical for us countering China.

It's very important that we pay a lot more attention to the Pacific Islands than we traditionally have.

the United States did not even have an embassy in the Solomon Islands and I think this really does exemplify a far too lackadaisical approac...

the term 'shooting ourselves in the foot' comes to mind. And we put the PRC in a position where they are now trying to get in there and writ...