Steve Chabot

I think it was a big mistake.

This is just one of the reasons why I believe it is imperative that we continue to encourage these countries to take the necessary steps to attract further investment and stimulate the economy.

The Egyptian and Tunisian economies have been pretty abysmal for the past several years.

I would strongly urge the relatively new administration not to let that happen because Beijing will say lots of nice things and then actually delivering on them that is a very another thing.

It sounds like this administration isn't all that different from some previous administrations.

I will associate myself with the chairman's comments and leave it there so that we can move on to the witnesses.

Restricting high-level visits from Taiwan insults an ally and damages our national security in an increasingly dangerous world.

The United States should have direct dialogue with the democratically-elected leadership of Taiwan and it is time to change this outdated policy.

This policy goes against our own self-interest. It tells China that we are willing to yield to them on our own foreign policy.

It is ridiculous. This is a center of democracy and freedom. Taiwanese officials should be able to come and meet with American officials here in Washington, DC.

Putin's engagement in Syria and the Middle East has complicated our own strategy for dealing with ISIS and Iran.

The previous administration's withdrawal from America's traditional leadership role left a power vacuum around the globe.

Obviously, our colleague Steve Scalise, the Whip, who I understand has undergone surgery or is currently, and also Special Agent David Bailey and Crystal Griner, as well as a former staffer and a current staffer, Zachary Barth and Matt…

Our prayers and thoughts go out to all those who were affected, our colleagues, staff, and Capitol Police who were injured in the shooting this morning.

As a founding member of the Congressional Taiwan Caucus and having been to that nation--and I use that term nation intentionally--quite a few times, I take the commitments of our country that we have made with Taiwan very seriously.

As we begin our dialogue with Chinese leadership with this new administration, as you know, there was some questioning of our commitment to One China early on.

I believe it could be a great opportunity to strengthen the U.S.-Saudi relationship while recognizing the Saudis' shortcomings.

I want to commend the President on the emphasis that he is putting on keeping our brave men and women in uniform across the country to be as safe as possible.

What kind of sick mind could have done such a horrible thing?

That is why I think President Trump's trip recently was so important, to get those Sunni nations on our side.

It is radical jihadist terrorists that we and other nations around the world have been dealing with for a long time.

Improving defense procurement is vital to the health of our economy and directly benefits our Armed Forces.

As I mentioned, we work in a very bipartisan manner.

China has been one of the bad actors on the world globe for far too long.

I would like to see what we can do to improve those numbers and have more folks that we are incarcerating at taxpayer expense in Federal prisons, how we cannot work more effectively to get those folks skills.