Mike McCaul

Time is of the essence. I think they are going to try to influence the election, the Presidential election, in Taiwan.

Our approach to defense and military technology exports is in dire need of reform.

President Tsai asked me, 'Where are my weapons? I paid for them.'

But at the same time we have got to win the peace and secure the peace and make sure it's enduring...

We will only succeed in many areas if we have a mix of technologies.

Good maps are critical if we are going to make sure that we are spending this money well.

We need--we are--this is an all-hands-on-deck moment from our perspective to make sure we are being able to have the workforce that we need.

We need to have a pipeline of spectrum available and for--in the--and in a predictable way.

We do need that pipeline, and we need to identify it, and that is exactly why we have got a national spectrum strategy.

We think that these maps--the map that the FCC is working on now is substantially improved.

We must equip our diplomats in these countries to respond to economic coercion, and our diplomats need a clear sense of the direction we are going.

I just personally want to thank you for your service to our country from both sides of the aisle.

I think this notion of if we would just spend more on defense and less on diplomacy and development misses the mark, significantly.

I just think we're shooting ourselves in the foot with these kinds of cuts, especially if on a bipartisan basis, as we have expressed, we're concerned about growing Chinese influence.

I worry not only about the American citizens still left behind, the Afghan partners left behind, the interpreters that are now being hunted down by the Taliban.

I urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle not to allow this short-sighted and perilous Republican budget proposal to take us backward.

The consequence would be scores of lives lost, mass migration, and a vacuum where terrorists thrive.

These budget cuts are a recipe for global instability.

These cuts will damage U.S. economic competitiveness.

The Biden Administration's chaotic and deadly withdrawal left a moral stain on this country and created a massive humanitarian crisis.

We do not have another alternative. But and if we're not there on the field China will fill that void.

I just think we have the power of the purse here and they can take it or leave it.

We would like to have some assurance--we're a very generous, generous nation--with money going in that is not going directly to the Taliban but, rather, to where it needs to go and I would say primarily the women and the girls left behind.

It's probably the most depressing thing to see women who have never lived under Sharia law now subjected to this depravity.

In short, our foreign aid must serve as a clear alternative to the CCP and our adversaries while also saving lives and projecting U.S. global leadership around the world.