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John Cornyn is a United States Senator from Texas, serving since January 3, 2002. A member of the Republican Party, he has held various leadership positions within the Senate, including serving as the Senate Minority Whip. Cornyn has focused on issues such as judicial appointments, immigration reform, and national security throughout his tenure. He is known for his strong support of conservative policies and has frequently aligned with the positions of former President Donald Trump.
Which is why it causes me great pain and disappointment to see that, when Congress has an opportunity to live up to its responsibilities to provide the funds and the means by which to provide greater security along our Southwestern border…
That's why I have introduced legislation, along with Senator Feinstein, called the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA), to combat this epidemic and modernize the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States…
I think we can all agree that something must be done to address the barriers China puts up that prevent our companies from competing on a level playing field.
China has made no secret about its strategy to push the rules to their limit, and when advantageous, break them outright.
If you don't have a strategy that undergirds the development of an answer, then you won't get the result I think we can all agree on: ensuring U.S. workers have the skills they need to compete.
I do think the slumbering giant of the United States government is starting to be awakened.
I think many of us think the President has not been well advised when it comes to trade issues.
Most of us are concerned with the more immediate concerns about section 232, section 301, and NAFTA renegotiation.
I just wonder how much time we have before they basically beat us in the near-term game so that, long-term, they are the dominant economy.
Given the nature of the Chinese government and their desire for economic growth and stability in their political system, why in the world would they want to participate in a trade war with the United States?
How do we get China to embrace a rules-based regime where the rule of law is applied impartially no matter who is involved
What we recommend is twofold, which fits in a singular basket, which both Senator Cornyn and Senator Casey raised, which is, we need a broader strategy that has two pillars.
American opinion on China was divided into two camps, one he called the optimists... and then he said there were the hawks and pessimists...
Within 7 years, China will pose the greatest threat to U.S. national security of any nation...
I appreciate that because previously or in the past we have been told that platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and the like are neutral platforms and the people who own and run those for profit--and I am not criticizing doing…
It sounds much more boring, but my question is during the time that it was Facebook's mantra or motto to move fast and break things, do you think some of the misjudgments, perhaps mistakes that you have admitted to here were as a result of…
We cannot be in a position, we believe, where China can go out and buy U.S. technology in a variety of ways that are troubling to us.
It's important to remain vigilant, I think you also said, lest there be some other unexploded bombs out there that he might have planted.
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