Steve Chabot

Chinese bullying has to stop, and it has gotten worse and worse in recent years.

There was a significant amount of criticism of the Bush administration for inadequately planning, shall we say, after the overthrow of Saddam in Iraq.

Libya's now engulfed in not one but two civil wars, the chaos has spread to Mali, and now both countries have become safe havens for al-Qaeda and ISIS.

The word 'mistake' really doesn't begin to capture the situation in Libya, which is a catastrophic failure.

President Obama has called his administration's failure to adequately plan for a post-Ghadafi Libya the worst mistake of his presidency.

I thank Dr. Burgess. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Rodney Davis).

I say to Congressman Gibson, as usual, Steve LaTourette was right, although I think it is a fine jacket. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Burgess).

Reclaiming my time, I yield to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Gibson).

Reclaiming my time, I yield to the gentleman from Dayton, Ohio (Mr. Turner.)

Reclaiming my time, I yield to the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Foxx).

I would like to thank the gentlewoman for her very kind remarks, and I think she is absolutely right. He was somebody who did work in truly a bipartisan way, and that is one of the things I think we will all remember him for as much or…

You have got, what, 26 million people that freely and democratically elect their people and have a right to be on the world stage just like every other country.

They don't give them enough dignity, the dignity that they deserve.

If we don't set the terms of trade, this is essentially a gift to China.

Both in the House here to some degree and certainly in the Senate, a lot of people are running for the high grass on that one.

If the U.S. doesn't with our allies establish the rules there then ultimately China will because they're the big partner in the neighbourhood and they bully everybody around.

I've long held the view that the only thing that will ever really get their attention is if South Korea and Japan--they don't have to have a nuclear program, but they ought to seriously think about one.

Have they changed their views toward Tibet?

Are they still rounding people up, putting them in hospitals, murdering them and selling their body parts?

Have they changed their view toward Taiwan, for example, recently?

I think we are going to be down to numbers in our army that are pre-World War II.

It is absolutely outrageous. The Islamic Republic of Iran is in violation of its international legal commitments.

Iran's persecution of its Baha'i minority is sponsored by the state, and it is in violation of international law.

It should not be like that. It absolutely should not.

The Russians should get the hell out of Crimea, as simple as that.