Search this transcript 00:00:38 Ed Royce AT STATE OF LITERARY MAGAZINES IN TODAY'S POLITICAL CLIMATE. >>> DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONI BLINKEN TESTIFIED ABOUT U.S. INTEREST IN THE ASIA... Show Full Text 00:05:48 Antony "Tony" J. Blinken KOREA, AND TAIWAN, ALL DEMOCRACIES TODAY BUT THAT PROUD LEGACY HAS TO BE PROTECTED THROUGH CONSTANT VIGILANCE AND ENGAGEMENT. MR. ENGEL WILL BE HERE... Show Full Text 00:13:03 Ed Royce RECHALLENGED ON THE ASIA PACIFIC WE ARE LEADERS WITH COMMON IDEALS AND A COLLECTIVE SENSE OF GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY. I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK... Show Full Text 00:14:38 Antony "Tony" J. Blinken WAY TO KIM JONG-UN. AND ARE WE YET TO HIT ANY CHINESE BANKS FACILITATING TRANSACTIONS AS WE DID IN THE PAST WITH BANK OF DELTA ASIA WHICH WAS VERY EFFECTIVE... Show Full Text 00:20:13 Eliot Engel LAWYERS AND OTHERS, INDEED, TO EXPRESS THE CONCERN WE HAVE. VIETNAM HAS MADE REAL PROGRESS. THEY HAVE RELEASED A LOT OF POLITICAL PRISONERS AND WORKING... Show Full Text 00:27:36 Antony "Tony" J. Blinken YOUR WRITTEN TESTIMONY THERE IS ONLY ONE MENTION OF INDIA IN THE CONTEXT OF A TRILATERAL MINISTERIAL AND NO MENTIONS OF SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA AT ALL. SO... Show Full Text 00:32:37 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen REPUTATION. FURTHER ALIENATING COUNTRIES IN THE REGION AND PUSHING THEM EVEN CLOSER TO THE UNITED STATES. CHINA WILL HAVE TO DECIDE, DEPENDING ON WHAT... Show Full Text 00:33:55 Antony "Tony" J. Blinken AND WE CAN DO IT WITHOUT INCLUDING THE CONTROVERSIAL PROVISIONS PROVISIONS, INCLUDING THE ONE THAT WILL ALLOW BAN KI-MOON DO INSULT MOROCCO AND DO FURTHER... Show Full Text 00:37:49 Brad Sherman ACTIVELY WORKED ON AND PROCESSED. IT HAS NOT COME TO ME YET. I CAN ASSURE YOU, AS SOON AS IT DOES, I WILL MOVE IT OUT OF MY IN BOX AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.... Show Full Text 00:42:36 Antony "Tony" J. Blinken UNDERSTANDING WITH CHINA THAT A IRANIAN PLANE WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO FLY TO NORTH KOREA WITHOUT STOPPING IN CHINA FOR FUEL. AND PLEASE DON'T TELL... Show Full Text 00:44:51 Antony "Tony" J. Blinken OF THE UNITED NATIONS ARE BOUND BY THE SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS THAT SAY THAT THERE IS TO BE NO MILITARY BALLISTIC MISSILE OR NUCLEAR COOPERATION... Show Full Text 00:45:36 Ed Royce KOREA DOES NOT STOP IN CHINA, THEN IT MAY NOT HAVE A TRADE DELEGATE ON IT AND MAY HAVE CASH GOING ONE WAY AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS GOING THE OTHER WAY... Show Full Text 00:46:07 Christopher "Chris" H. Smith NORTH KOREA WHO VISITED THE ISLAMIC STATE REPUBLICAN OF IRAN AND THAT INFORMATION -- BECAUSE IT GOES TO THE POINT THAT WAS BEING MADE FROM THE GENTLEMAN... Show Full Text 00:49:28 Antony "Tony" J. Blinken THAT THE PRESIDENT WILL RAISE RELIGION BY XI JINPING, ANNOUNCED LAST YEAR AND JUST MOST RECENTLY IF A SPEECH HE MADE IS ALL ABOUT ALL RELIGIOUS BODIES... Show Full Text 00:53:12 Ed Royce CONGRESS PLAYED LEADING ROLES IN PUTTING SPOTLIGHT ON THAT AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. FOR DECADES IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE ANYTHING WAS HAPPENING AND THEN... Show Full Text 00:53:41 Gregory Meeks INFORMATION INTO THESE COUNTRIES, WHERE TOTALITARIAN SYSTEM PREVENTS PEOPLE FROM HAVING FREE ACCESS. TO THE TRUTH. WE GO NOW TO MR. GREGORY MEEKS OF... Show Full Text 00:56:25 Antony "Tony" J. Blinken THAT'S ALWAYS A QUESTION THAT YOU KNOW, THAT SOME HAVE. SO HOW WOULD WE DO THAT. AND SECONDLY, I THINK WE DO HAVE TO MAKE THE GEOPOLITICAL THERE IS A... Show Full Text 00:59:41 Dana Rohrabacher WE DON'T HAVE THE AGREEMENT, WE JEOPARDIZE ALL OF THOSE INTERESTS. >> WE GO DO MR. DANA ROHRBACHER OF CALIFORNIA. >> MR. CHAIRMAN, I APPRECIATE YOUR... Show Full Text 01:04:19 Antony "Tony" J. Blinken DETER THE SPRATTLY ISLANDS OPERATION? MEANING A REARMING OF JAPAN? DO WE SUPPORT THAT? I THINK JAPAN HAS BEEN OUR BEST FRIEND THROUGH THE ENTIRE COLD... Show Full Text 01:07:12 Albio Sires JAPAN AND KOREA. THE THREE OF US WORKING TOGETHER ARE A SIGNIFICANT AND POWERFUL FORCE, SO WE SHARE THE VIEW THAT THESE TWO COUNTRIES ARE AT THE HEART... Show Full Text 01:08:04 Antony "Tony" J. Blinken ABOUT STANDING STEALING OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES. AND NOW WE HAVE A COUPLE OF TREATIES COMING UP. I WANT YOU TO REASSURE ME SO WHEN I GO BACK TO... Show Full Text 01:10:32 Gerry Connolly MANNER OF OUR CHOOSING SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A VARIETY OF WAYS OF RESPONDING TO ANY CYBER PROVOCATIONS. >> LIKE DONALD TRUMP? THANK YOU, I DON'T HAVE... Show Full Text 01:11:00 Antony "Tony" J. Blinken PLUG ON TPP, EITHER THE ADMINISTRATION SAYS WE GIVE UP, YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S FLAWED OR WE IN CONGRESS DECIDE THERE'S NO WAY WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THIS... Show Full Text 01:13:38 Steven Chabot DEVELOPMENTS. THAT SAID, IT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT THAT IN THE AGREEMENTS WE REACH, THAT THE STANDARDS, PARTICULARLY FOR PROTECTING WORKERS, ARE THE HIGHEST... Show Full Text 01:15:15 Antony "Tony" J. Blinken KEEP CHINA FROM ACTING OUT. I THINK THAT CHINA EVER ACTS IS IF THEY THINK TAIWAN IS WEAK AND THAT THE UNITED STATES LACKS THE RESOLVE TO DEFEND TAIWAN. WHAT... Show Full Text 01:20:08 Ted Deutch AND BANGLADESH. TO RAISE THE CONCERN AND TO TRY TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THEM. ON COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM B Antony "Tony" J. Blinken IN CHINA AND SOME SECURITY REVIEW THAT TAKES PLACE, I REFERRED TO AS I THINK AN OPAQUE SECURITY REVIEW IN CHINA CONTINUES TO FRUSTRATE AMERICAN INVESTORS... Show Full Text 01:25:23 Ted Poe GOING TO PUT FURTHER STRAIN ON THE PROCESS? DO WE NEED TO LOOK AT? THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK ON IF WE CAN. IT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION... Show Full Text 01:28:53 Antony "Tony" J. Blinken THIS, IF ANYTHING. THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING. >> FEW THINGS, FIRST OUR MILITARY BUDGET REMAINS ROUGHLY THREE TIMES WHAT THEIRS IS AND THEY'RE STARTING FROM A MUCH LOWER BASE, SO THE BUILD-UP IS SIGNIFICANT. BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO MATCH SOMETHING THAT IS STARTED AT A MUCH HIGHER LEVEL AND CONTINUES TO INVEST AT A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER LEVEL. SECOND, THIS IS OUR PRESENCE IN THE AREA OVER HERE. >> IT WILL BE ABOUT 60% OF OUR NAVY BY 2020. OUR TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES, OUR EXPERIENCE, OUR CAPACITY REMAINS GREATER BY FAR THAN ANY NATION ON EARTH, INCLUDING CHINA. I WOULD DEFER TO MY MILITARY COLLEAGUES, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'SING DID TO BE CHALLENGED ANY TIME SOON.