Mark Warner actually said...

"we need to speak precisely and carefully when we talk about the nature of that threat."

"we have to make sure that our Intelligence Community continues that top imperative, which is always to speak truth to power without fear of political retribution."

"the threat of our time is China: it poses a strategic threat and economic threat, a technology threat."

"we need to be very careful when we talk about this threat because we all have been horrified to see the rise of anti-Asian-American violence."