Gerry Connolly actually said...

This should be a symbol of Africans pulling themselves up, but instead it looks like China is doing it for us.

Intellectual theft is epidemic in China, and it must be addressed as we move forward in this relationship.

We need to focus, obviously, on our human rights values, as we interact with the Chinese.

But the United States has to insist on its interests in this relationship; otherwise, it is one of unequal partners.