The most important issues for us to address with our ASEAN partners are those stemming from great-power competition, from trade rules to sea lanes and even the sanctity of their own sovereign territory.

But I would note for the record that both candidate Trump and candidate Hillary Clinton both said that is what they would have done if they won.

As the former chair of this subcommittee and the co-chair of the U.S.-Philippines Friendship Caucus, along with my good friend Bobby Scott, as well as the Cambodia Caucus, I always appreciate giving Southeast Asia the time and attention…

Going forward, getting our partnership with Southeast Asia right is going to be absolutely critical.

I just want to clarify for the record, the previous questioner accurately stated that President Trump pulled out of TPP.

The relationships we share with this critical region are too often overlooked in the foreign policy chatter inside the Beltway here.

America is a reliable and lasting partner—and that is particularly challenging in the wake of Afghanistan.

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 write the rules to replace the United States.

I rise first in support of my amendment, the Gray Zone Assessment Act. Whether we look at the annexation of Crimea, the militarization of the South China Sea, the economic coercion of Australia, or the cyberattacks that have stolen our…

We relied upon the Taliban to be our security. In essence, we ended up getting 13 of our military personnel and over 150 Afghan civilians killed by relying upon the Taliban.

President Biden has laid the blame for the evacuation debacle in Afghanistan on others rather than on itself.

How is this not a debacle of monumental proportions?

This administration's bungled pullout from Afghanistan just may be the worst foreign affairs disaster in American history.

Had the President not followed through on the commitments that his predecessor made, those attacks would have resumed.

We certainly relied upon it at the airport. It did not work out so well.

Nearly 20 years ago, I introduced legislation in this House, which passed the House and the Senate. President George W. Bush signed it into law, and it went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and now is the law of the land. It banned…

In order to be successful in our effort to have our principles prevail rather than their principles, which is authoritarianism and not rule of law and not human rights and on and on, we are going to need to work together.

A defining story of the 20th century was the transatlantic solidarity in the face of existential threats to our most closely held values.

Regrettably, the 21st century has presented us with a new socialist challenge perhaps of comparable scale.

They have a long way to go and yes, I hope we can work together, but I hope it is not lip service that we are receiving from our allies in the future.

Xi Jinping has emerged as the most power-hungry leader of the PRC since Mao Zedong.

They are not trying to hide it, their goal to impose their authoritarian model of governance on the rest of the world.

Could you comment on the impact that the defunding the police and the over-the-top criticism of law enforcement by many in the media and by some of the protesters...

Well, as they say, you reap what you sow.

I have always tried to make the promotion of human rights a top priority.