John Cornyn

The economic shock, not to mention the national security threat to the United States, is unacceptable.

With our Nation's withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the field opened for China to assume greater trade leadership in Asia.

In the last few years, China has actively worked to shape trade rules in Asia with economic initiatives and massive spending on cross-border infrastructure through the Belt and Road Initiative and other projects.

The one thing that the U.S. has that China does not is friends.

We need to take China's interest seriously and begin the hard work of developing a comprehensive policy toward reengagement with our allies in this part of the world.

Thank you, Chairman Carper, for organizing this hearing on such an important and timely topic.

I appreciate Senator Cornyn's comments about USMCA, and I think the Brown-Wyden language we got in...

The U.S. withdrawal from the TPP... was a missed opportunity for national security, free enterprise, and international trade.

I think everybody saw this as something that would be an important symbolic gesture and a way to reach out to people of different races and to say, I know that Juneteenth has been -- has been celebrated within the African American…

In recent years, China has emerged as one of the greatest competitors to America. Both Republicans and Democrats recognize the need to take action now to confront the growing threats posed by China, and so that is what we did last week…

I think it would be helpful for the U.S. to create a multilateral mechanism to address predatory practices by countries like China.

Senator Cornyn and I have introduced legislation that seeks to empower communities across the country to build crisis services.

Texas has always been a proud supporter of an ``all of the above'' energy strategy. We are often recognized as an oil and gas powerhouse, which we are, but most folks don't know that we are the No. 1 producer of energy from wind, the No. 1…

We need a commission, now he`s backing down.

I want to add my voice to the chorus, I guess, here today of advocating the enhanced use of telehealth.

I also hope it will include review of critical supply chains--which has been a very constant theme here recently, particularly post-pandemic.

I hope this package will include important provisions and priorities that, first, identify foreign censorship as a trade barrier.

I would ask the Senator to yield for one last question. We can all understand how people's views change over time, but there is no way to reconcile these two statements, 2012 and 2021, which is the reason I believe that Ms. Gupta, for some…

This is the quote from the article that Vanita Gupta wrote on November 4, 2012. It says: ``States should decriminalize simple possession of all drugs, particularly marijuana, and for small amounts of other drugs.'' And then in her sworn…

At the appropriate time, I would ask the Senator to yield for a brief question. But I don't want to interrupt him in his train of thought.

It is clear that the entirety of the Chinese Government, from its military to its blog posts, they have one that they are using against us.

I want to thank you and Senator Crapo for working together on a bipartisan negotiation on the Confront and Compete Against China legislation.

China has risen to the top of everybody's agenda, out of concerns about cybersecurity, cyber-attacks, stealing intellectual property, espionage, obviously with vast national security implications.

So do you share my concern for the welfare of these children once they are placed with these sponsors who may not even be American citizens, who may not even be related to the child?

Well, let us talk about while these children are still in the custody of HHS and the Office of Refugee Resettlement.