Ranking Member Krishnamoorthi on MSNBC: “We want to lower the possibility that there is actual open conflict”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the U.S. and CCP, joined MSNBC’s Morning Joe to discuss U.S.-PRC relations in the wake of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to the People’s Republic of China.
Congressman Krishnamoorthi: “The title of our committee probably encapsulates one way of viewing them [the PRC], which is that they’re a global competitor at this point. I think that what we have to do and what our committee is required to do under the legislation that created it is to assess the challenges that the CCP poses technologically, economically, and militarily, and then formulate ways to address those challenges. And so we are trying to do so in a bipartisan manner. But you’re absolutely right, in some places we’re going to cooperate with them and engage, such as on trade, but in other areas, we have to deter aggression. The Chinese unfortunately are engaging in aggressive maneuvers with regards to our friends, partners, and allies in the Indo-Pacific region, and we want to lower the possibility that there is actual open conflict.”
Full video of Ranking Member’s Krishnamoorthi appearance on Morning Joe can be found here.
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