Political Quotes

“In the fiscal year 2021 NDAA, Congress included a fourth precondition stopping the ongoing genocide against the Uyghurs. We have already seen President Biden placate China in more ways than one, in addition to the unilateral delisting of dozens of entities from Commerce's unverified list. Mr. Chair, we are the leader of the free world. Who else is going to hold China accountable? Who else is going to send a message that enough is enough? They are a bad actor on the global stage. They undermine us at every turn. Yes, this is an amendment. Yes, it may take a moment to work through it. Yes, that may require more time, but this is the people's House. We do the work, we take the time, and we get it right. Mr. Chair, I urge adoption of my amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Chair, I appreciate the gentleman's passion on this, but this is an appropriations bill. An authorizing bill is the appropriate place to do it. I would be happy to look at working with Mr. Ogles on the authorizing bill to take care of the issues that you care about, but I right now oppose it on this bill. Mr. Chair, before I close, we had a previous amendment that the gentlewoman from Georgia had in which she made statements about Secretary of Defense Austin. I follow the advice of a very wise President of the United States. I kind of trusted my memory, but I decided to verify.…”