Mark Green actually said...

To ignore our partners in the hemisphere is to ignore the critical realities that threaten our national security.

Congress has abdicated this duty for far too long, and failed to provide the proper legal standing to our troops.

Since the end of the Cold War, we have existed in a unipolar world in which control of the sea has largely been unchallenged.

However, this world order is under threat from the People's Republic of China.