mr. wessel. one, i just want to make a statement and then ask a question. i notice the super hyping of the democratic convention, and being an independent throughout hard i think is really less ingenuous to say that people are excited about this democratic ticket. really, the truth of the matter is, they are more disappointed in status quo and are going to vote the status quo versus the ticket that the democrats have painfully put together. the second thing i want to say is i like tom steyer, but i'm just wondering, with the resources that nextgen has, have you guys ever really made a and see her and -- a sincere and concerted effort to maybe make history by being able to create an independent party atmosphere to where we can break the gridlock on this two-party dominated political system? guest: super interesting. two points there. the first i would like to make around that enthusiasm question, i think i saw on twitter over this weekend, someone said a vote against donald trump counts as much as a vote for joe biden, one vote. so we are trying to mobilize

mr. michael wessel commissioner of the u.s. economic security review commission and mr. rush doshi director of the china strategy initiative has the brookings institution. gentleman you each will have five minutes to deliver an oral statement or an and your written statement will be included for the record. thanks again for being here and mr. wessel we will begin with you. >> thank thank you for the annotation to appear before you today. the topic of today's hearing directly affects every one of our citizens could my name is michael wessel and i'm appearing before you today at the the commission of u.s.-china economic and security review condition but as a normal washington -- i'm speaking for myself although my comments are informed by my service and other works have been involved with for several years today's hearing raises the critical issue of how to respond to the china challenge. while china's policies are the greatest threat to our competitive posture of innate nations are watching america's response to determine whether they should immolate china's actions or wh

mr. wessel on the mr. doshi. >> thank you for the question, it is a key question in terms of how china will approach its own future. as we have seen they have an aging population with over time fewer replacement workers and that will put new stresses and strains on their system. one wherera we've seen one of te most evident changes in healthcare with a 1.4 billion people aging quickly or aging out of foster paste then have expected, that's why they're trying to dominate the biotechnology synthetic by biology and medical supply to meet their own needs and also to wndominate worldwide. it also puts enormous stress on the need for them to promote economic growth, productivity and efficiency and as a result, they are trained to move up the value chain in terms of products that they have produced when china entered the w geo, the old view, it was about textiles, now it's about quantum computing, biotechnology, a.i. and other critical industries. >> thank you, senator for that question, i think this is the exact

mr. wessel . i want to make a statement and then ask a question.yping of the democratic convention, and being independent true heart, i think it is less ingenuous to say that people are excited about this democratic ticket. really, the truth of the matter is, they are more disappointed going to quo and are vote the status quo versus the ticket that the democrats have painfully put together. the second thing i want to say is i like tom steyer, but i'm just wondering, with the resources that nextgen has, have you guys ever really made a concerted effort to maybe make history by being able to create an independent party atmosphere to where we can break the two-partyn this dominated political system? guest: super interesting. two points there, the first i would like to make around that enthusiasm question, i think i saw on twitter over this weekend, someone said a vote against donald trump counts as much as a vote for joe biden, one vote. so we are trying to mobilize young people wherever they are at. thehey are super hyped for biden-harrison ticket, a