"I see whistleblower protection as essential."
"if it is 30 million tons, and then the entire sink is 450 billion, we are talking about one-ten-thousandth of increase in carbon storage."
"The prices we experience are extremely painful to Americans, they are devastating, they are primarily the result of disruption from Putin's war on Ukraine."
"We want to keep working with you to explore that question."
"You can't hardly pick up any kind of newspaper that doesn't talk about the expanding problems with microplastics, the problems with the plastics being swept out to sea."
"I did specifically mention enforcement."
"The Tuesday edition of the Science Times has in it that the results of an investigation have found that the plastic in the ocean is largely binding with other microorganisms and dropping to the bottom..."
"As Congress now works to advance China-focused legislation, it's crucial that it include tangible steps advocated by this Commission on a bipartisan and bicameral basis."
"It's absolutely horrific and I'm sure very effective in suppressing conversation about China's many assaults on human rights."
"This retaliation against family for freedom of speech abroad is just--I think about this, and I think, why do we allow any import, any recognition, any validation of the Chinese government given the m..."
"I want to acknowledge that this is our first hearing since the publication of the Commission's annual report on human rights conditions and rule of law developments in China."