Jim Webb: “I personally have had strong concerns over many years about territorial claims in the South China Sea by the Chinese.”

I think if the administration had properly put the issue before the Congress, the likelihood is that it would have been supported.

We do support the validity of internationally accepted Exclusive Economic Zones, those that are set out under basically agreed-upon international law.

I would like to take some time at this point to talk about some events in Asia. I think we all need to be paying very close attention to them. Before I do that, I would like to clarify my position on the vote we are going to be taking this…

I think we really need to work here in the Congress on having a clear, objective methodology that everyone can understand around the world.