Randy Forbes: “I believe that the Asia-Pacific theater provides a valuable key to the continued prosperity of the United States.”

There is no legal authority to draw a big circle in the water a thousand miles long and then claim it as some sort of special zone or internal waters.

This country, this committee, this Congress needs to move back to strategic thinking where we have a comprehensive strategic plan.

I also see an opportunity for a new administration to take a new and stronger stance on the South China Sea.

The threats to freedom of navigation that emanate from the South China Sea and reverberate globally are a great enough threat to the United States.