03/15/2021
https://www.congress.gov...
"I just got back from Laos and Vietnam where I was the first U.S. Senator to visit Laos in 15 years."
"The challenges we have at the border, the challenges with fentanyl, just everyday Americans' concerns about the globe often are issues related to the Americas and political instability there."
"But we need to do more, and we have to contest China's actions not only in terms of their forward basing strategy but their desire to go after Africa's rare earths."
"I found a country hungry for U.S. presence, and I found a country littered with debt trap infrastructure projects that they will never be able to pay back."