Joe Wilson

Thank you very much, Chairman Ed Royce and Ranking Member Eliot Engel, for having this important hearing on turbulence in the Middle East.

I was very pleased to see your personal interest as significant and all that can be done to address that issue with our NATO ally, Turkey.

Thank you, Chairman Mac Thornberry, for addressing this important matter of the 4th Estate which manages a significant portion of the defense budget.

I thank Congressman Gohmert for his leadership. We have been joined by the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Tenney), who has served our country so well on the General Assembly of New York and now here in Congress, Congresswoman Claudia…

This bill helps protect industry and commerce in the United States by preventing technological theft while reducing the risks of other countries misusing controlled items and technologies for nefarious purposes.

And your service to our country is reassuring. Thank you.

I want to thank both of you.

I am really very supportive of President Trump's initiatives to provide funding for the European Deterrence Initiative.

Thank you, Chairman Mac Thornberry, for your diligence covering the fiscal year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, and thank you for your extraordinary success in rebuilding the American military.

I am very grateful that I have worked very closely with Chairman Ed Royce, who was the former chairman of the Caucus of India and Indian-Americans.

I wish you well. I, last summer, had the opportunity for the Food for the Hungry program to visit Guatemala.

So thank you very, very much, and I we all look forward in a bipartisan manner to working together with you.

Thank you, Chairman Ed Royce, for your long-term commitment to the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.

What you're doing is making a difference.

It is really just so frustrating to think of how blatant the attacks on American citizens, our government, our businesses

Last year, I introduced H.R. 1030, the Cyber Attack Standards of Measurement Study Act.

I would also like to thank and congratulate Chairwoman Elise Stefanik for her leadership on the Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee.

I want to begin by thanking Chairman Mac Thornberry for this very important hearing.

The administration has correctly provided strong support for the people of Ukraine, most recently by agreeing to sell Ukraine Javelin missiles to defend its people and territory from the Putin aggression.

We can't be xenophobic about anybody but we sure need to be cautious about how we tread.

It's disclosure and for students to know the relationship with the government, with the Communist Party.

It is for this reason that yesterday I introduced H.R. 5336, the Foreign Influence Transparency Act, which would require transparency of these institutes and institutes like that through modifying the Foreign Agent Registration Act to…

We've never seen the threat to democracy in my life.

As a grateful son of a World War II Flying Tiger who served in China where he developed a great fondness for the people of China, I value working together with China for mutual benefit of our countries.

Now Xi is deliberately challenging the supremacy of democracy around the world with his personal brand of authoritarianism.