Mike Rounds actually said...

"This is an important moment for the United States to take a leadership role in that area, and so many others."

"I am concerned about, I guess, the ongoing and, in some cases, increasing Chinese and Russian engagement in the Western Hemisphere."

"If we keep up business as usual we will give China a free pass to use that leverage to export its model of authoritarianism."

"We have shared values, and we need to point out to the peoples of the region the shared values that we have, and the difference between what we consider important and what the real costs of the engage..."