Mark Warner actually said...

"This is not about the Chinese people or especially not about Chinese-Americans, okay?"

"This beef, our concern, our challenge, is with the Communist Party of China and its leadership."

"We can no longer allow China to weaponize its market, connecting China's reciprocity and sharing of scientific data to its access to U.S. institutions and big science facilities as the leverage point."

"I think we've got a much better system than they have--when it's working, properly when it's working well."