Michael McCaul actually said...

I introduced legislation to approve it, but Congress did not take final action until 2018, much too long to keep a friendly neighbor waiting...

China's hostage diplomacy is abhorrent.

This is a battle between democracy versus dictatorship, liberty versus tyranny, and freedom versus oppression.

I think we need to hedge against future Maduros and Chavez's--but I would argue as well that allowing the violence and poverty to fester...