"I have got fire in my belly. I have got it in my heart, and I pray every day just like Chairman Cummings was talking about the power of prayer that we are making a difference."
"This really is a bipartisan issue. I am all in."
"As someone who once led an organization that was declared undesirable by Vladimir Putin it is an issue of particular relevance and significance for me."
"The chairman and this committee have promised members of the American people a fair and open process, yet the Democrats have vastly limited the scope of this hearing."
"If the Democrats were after the truth, they'd have an honest person here testifying."
"It is very important to us because it helps us do our work more effectively and efficiently."
"You and I wouldn't really refer to what China does as assistance. It is predatory financing is what it is."
"If I can, a term that I heard in talking to some businesses in Latin America, they said that they refer to Chinese assistance as 'loan-to-own' because there really is no sense of providing financing."
"I do not believe that it will be reversing its standing position and policy."
"Taking a look at health barriers, all the barriers."
"These nations are our neighborhood, and I think that we should engage them more, and as much as we can."