two years later, starting from stuttgart, germany, the french pilot, bieniemy won the race with a record smashing 1288 miles. flight to moscow. but balloon racing did more than prove the great distances that could be covered and sustained. lighter than air flight. one of america's leading balloonist, ralph upton, in preparation for the 1922 national race, organized the first system of aviation radio weather reports an invaluable to the progress of aviation. the fact is, many of the men interested in balloon racing have proved to be leaders in aeronautical development. it weren't vietnam. it is one of the outstanding figures three times an international race winner, van orman as pioneer in several important ballooning improvements. it was commander rosendahl and this taken at a national balloon race in 1927. today, admiral rosendahl as chief of the navy airship training experimental command, directs the entire field of military lighter than air development for the united states. the winner of the national race from pittsburgh in 1929 was lieutenant colonel, an ardent balloon race pilot, a

two years later, starting from stuttgart, germany, the french pilot, bieniemy won the race with a record smashing 1288 miles. flight to moscow. but balloon racing did more than prove the great distances that could be covered and sustained. lighter than air flight. one of america's leading balloonist, ralph upton, in preparation for the 1922 national race, organized the first system of aviation radio weather reports an invaluable to the progress of aviation. the fact is, many of the men interested in balloon racing have proved to be leaders in aeronautical development. it weren't vietnam. it is one of the outstanding figures three times an international race winner, van orman as pioneer in several important ballooning improvements. it was commander rosendahl and this taken at a national balloon race in 1927. today, admiral rosendahl as chief of the navy airship training experimental command, directs the entire field of military lighter than air development for the united states. the winner of the national race from pittsburgh in 1929 was lieutenant colonel, an ardent balloon race pilot, a

bieniemy see it like china. they will be emboldens by it.this is very serious but it is part of a much broader collection of things. the last point i would make his imagine if this was four or five years ago and the reports art work cocaine was found in the trump white house. that is all we would hear about. that is all i would be asked about in the hallways of the capitol on a regular basis. here we have moved on. cocaine in the white house. >> let me ask you about the president at the nato summit. i know there is a lot of talk in europe about ukraine and nato, et cetera. i want to ask about china in particular. i look at their record. no consequences for covid. the spy balloon, confronting the navy in international waters. confronting jets in international airways. no consequences for military threats in the continental u.s. with hypersonic missiles. never ending threats against taiwan. meanwhile no consequences for intellectual property that, currency manipulation, attempts to replace the world dollar as u.s. currency. no consequences fro