Peter DeFazio actually said...

"Thank you for scheduling this afternoon's hearing to assess China's Maritime Silk Road Initiative and the implications for our national and economic security."

"Now, unfortunately, post-World War II, with the globalization--liberalization, so-called--of trade, the rise of the IMO and the chase around the world to the least regulation and the cheapest possible..."

"If you think back to Captain Alfred Mahan and his theories, which were backed up by Teddy Roosevelt, we had to guarantee access to international markets as a maritime-dependent nation."

"Those who rule the waves rule the world."