Steve Chabot actually said...

"We are witnessing a dangerously aggressive China trying to assert greater control over these territories."

"As we confront this challenge, we must also look at it as an opportunity."

"I believe steps taken by the U.S. and Japan to revise our alliance's bilateral defense guidelines to better deal with new contingencies is a good step."

"There is no other issue right now in the Asia-Pacific region more worrisome than the rise in tensions."