Mike McCaul: “We must, as Teddy Roosevelt said, speak softly and carry a big stick.”

It's all interconnected.

I was very optimistic about Taiwan and the United States jointly producing drones.

I think, if you look at the flight pattern of the balloon, it tells a story as to what the Chinese were up to as they controlled this aircraft throughout the United States.

AUKUS, the Taiwan-U.S. drone initiative and support from Japan and the Philippines, which McCaul described as 'very concerned,' would provide the deterrence needed to stop Chinese President Xi Jinping from pursuing what McCaul called 'a…