the p.r.c.'s surveillance program and capabilities. since that day, the biden administration has smartly declassified additional information about the p.r.c.'s global program and shared it with our allies and partners. we have learned that the united states and canada aren't lean. they have invaded 40 nations across five continents. this blatant disregard tore the airspace and sovereignty of other nations is not only contrary to international rules, it is dangerous and provocative. i am concerned about beijing's response. instead of apologizing, they have resorted to denials and absurd information and propaganda. instead of making amends, beijing has exacerbated tensions between our nations. i know that the united states of america would not be brought down by any balloon. we are the greatest, the strongest nation on this planet. and that's why it was important to have this bipartisan legislation. and by doing that, the house can clearly declare that such a violation of international law and u.s.

a war with the p.r.c. is good for nobody including the p.r.c.. method of operation here, the goal of our campaign in the region is to deter conflict from ever occurring. >> this sleepy town in the far north of the filipino mainland is now part of that deterrent. santa ana is home to a tiny naval base, one of four new filipino sites the u.s. can access. some fear it could make in the area a target. that is why we are trying to provide imports so that world of super valor's -- superpowers will see how hard it is for us. with a neighbor that has never been our enemy. and an ally with so many difficulties too. >> the distance from the politics and the rhetoric, the people of this island are trying not to dwell on what could be, but to enjoy what they have. an island life is a simple life, they tell me, with a close eye to the north, they pray daily it will stay that way. laura bicker bbc news. >> spain recorded its hottest ever temperature for 38. it is about 102 degrees fahrenheit. the record figure was reached in southern spain where a blistering h

the p.r.c., despite the limited willingness to engage on the issue as of late. the p.r.c. decision to schedule fentanyl related substances as a class in 2019 essentially ended p.r.c. origin shipments to the united states. transnational criminals -- organizations adapted and use precursor chemicals to synthesize the fentanyl in mexico. the p.r.c. can and must do more as a global partner to limit criminal access to these chemicals. we continue to press them, take meaningful concrete actions to curb criminal diversion of precursor chemicals. improve information sharing on global chemical flows. strengthen enforcement of customs manifesting agreement. implement, know your customer standards to restrict sales of precursor chemicals. foreign partners look to the united states for leadership on this issue. the 2022 human condition on the cottage drugs at u.s. urging, -- unanimously decided to internationally control reemerging fentanyl precursor chemicals. at the same meeting the united states security

as we go but it's custom-built to deter, confront and do what you will do, all the bad things that p.r.c. is doing in the south china seas, this way the commander in hawaii knows it's happening in front of him. it was built for that. >> have you already made the adjustments are still considering? >> yes, couple of weeks ago, ismay went with us to california and we saw that regiment in california, this was their first major exercise. they were making adjustments while we were out there from where they would be done. in the span of two weeks, their fine-tuning how they are operating which is exactly what you want them to do. they adjustments, not yet. the colonel who commands it is not waiting. as he sought minor adjustments needed to bit make, he is tended to that organization on the fly, adapt and overcome, that's what we do. >> lessons learned. what about the recent exercises for the third mlr. >> i think they have to be mobile, they have to have the ability to pick up and see things in front of them. probably the hardest thing when you are seeing things, if you have a background in rec

as we go but it's custom-built to deter, confront and do what you will do, all the bad things that p.r.c. is doing in the south china seas, this way the commander in hawaii knows it's happening in front of him. it was built for that. >> have you already made the adjustments are still considering? >> yes, couple of weeks ago, ismay went with us to california and we saw that regiment in california, this was their first major exercise. they were making adjustments while we were out there from where they would be done. in the span of two weeks, their fine-tuning how they are operating which is exactly what you want them to do. they adjustments, not yet. the colonel who commands it is not waiting. as he sought minor adjustments needed to bit make, he is tended to that organization on the fly, adapt and overcome, that's what we do. >> lessons learned. what about the recent exercises for the third mlr. >> i think they have to be mobile, they have to have the ability to pick up and see things in front of them. probably the hardest thing when you are seeing things, if you have a background in rec

that's not to say they won't react because for the p.r.c.very important to show strength and to demonstrate their dislike for this kind of event but i think the taiwan ease, at least, were trying to minimize the positive -- provocation in this instance. >> to other developments, french president macron insists that china could play a key role in negotiations between ukraine and china. he's making a visit for the first time in four years. he'll meet president xi jinping on thursday. we have more on this. >> this is emanuel macron's first visit to china in four years with the aim, he says, of engaging beijing towards a shared responsibility for peace and stability. china says it's seeking to play a mediating role between russia and ukraine. some western powers feel beijing they instead be preparing to send arms to moscow, but the french president says he doesn't believe china wants a lasting war in europe. >> china has proposed a peace plan and we have welcomed it. do we agree with it in its entirety? no, but it is interesting and shows willin

it condemns the p.r.c. for mistreatment of mark and calls for his immediate release and asks the biden administration to highlight the case of mr. swidan internationally and help secure his release through diplomacy. the court has provided mr. swidan with a two-year reprieve on his death sentence, we cannot wait that long to correct the injustice he has suffered. bypassing this, they should release mark immediately. i encourage my colleagues to support this timely resolution. and i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from north carolina reserves. the gentleman from texas. mr. mccaul: i yield to the gentlemanfrom texas, mr. cloud. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized mr. cloud: thank you for your support in working to get mark swidan back to his home and his family and thank you, ranking member, for your support as well. mark swidan is a native texan, who is currently being detained on china on fabricated drug charges and faces an impending death sentence. while on a trip to chi

the p.r.c. is the global leader in digital repression and for the eighth year in a row china was identified as the country providing the least internet freedom. beijing is better at censoring digital information than russia because they prioritized digital control before moscow did. they seeks to preempt challenges by demonstrating responsiveness, and remolding society to achieve their national rejuvenation. they are prevent -- they are often presented as features, not bugs. they control the flow of information and try to reinforce their legitimacy and chinese willingness to share the know-how and export technology is an enabler of transnational repression. china's smart cities use surveillance tech to control traffic safety. they are one of the world's leading perpetrators of transnational repression. news reports of it have become common, much of it under foxconn, and anticorruption effort. last week the doj charge p.r.c. police officers for wielding thousands of fake social media accounts to

in crisis, p.r.c. leaders believe achieving dominance will allow them to seize the initiative, disrupt our ability to mobilize, protect and sustain the joint force and to ensure p.r.c.'s entity. russia engages in malicious cyber activities to support its global espionage campaigns, steal intellectual property, and promote disinformation. russia has also demonstrated it views cyber as a key component of its wartime strategy. at the outset of his full-time invasion of ukraine in 2022 they conducted cyber operations against a u.s. satellite company to degrade command and control of ukrainian forces. other persistent threats arise from north korea, iran and from transnational criminal organizations. together our adversaries use cyberspace to conduct attacks against the department of defense information network and the u.s. homeland. they do this to weaken our allies and partners and undermine u.s. interests. since 2018 the department recognized that it is not enough to maintain a defensive posture while pr

can you imagine the p.r.c. had all the information gathered, all the images gathered by 80% of the drones flying around. that is an incredible amount of data. is that download two-way or one-way and checked out to see if information is going the other way? i just thought of something nobody thought of? ms. easterly: the number of chinese drones makes you worry less about the high-altitude balloon. what i would tell you from a technical perspective is not something being uploaded if they say downloads provide this update they could be putting something malicious and that what happened with the russians and something malicious. i think there are significant concerns, again given any sort of oversight or surveillance of an adversary who is a threat to this nation. mr. gimenez: are they uploading information to the host? ms. easterly: i do not know that. but there are chinese capabilities, tiktok, there is a ton of data from 130 million americans that are going back to the p.r.c. mr. gimenez: what i say trojan hors

see, lasher or whomever -- p.r.c., russia, or whomever. this will be a u.s. military's counsel, not just faceless. -- u.s. military response, not just space force. we have to think 2 weeks ago, i saw a feed on twitter, he was telling me it looks like the geo six was accepted. why are we telling our adversaries? there is a reason it is called geo six. you know why? it is the sixth one. the reason i bring that up is disclose it. if you count on one hand for assets, you are not ready to fight. it is fundamentally build resilience into the, critical mission sets the military and allies will -- missile warning and tracking is similar. we should not tell you, and we are putting up there. it is good we proliferate to the extent we demonstrate we can take a bunch. think about history. particularly about regimes about unsure about escalation. signaling early with wet testing the will of the adversary is important. if we cannot fight to that salvo and demonstration is in demonstrate resilience we will not just take it but respond. it is not credible. it is not a combat

admiral kirby: i refer you to the chinese authority, the p.r.c., to speak to whatever their comments were or how they phrased it but as karine noted in her opening statement, the chinese are moving out and moving out agreesively on the commitment to clean energy. the president believes we're in with china and we do wan to keep it on competition, not conflict. this is an area where the united states can absolutely compete and win because of the innovations here in the united states of america and the opportunity that we have before us. we're going to grasp on to a clean energy transition. not only is that good for the climate it's good for our economy. it means more jobs. this is an area where we can compete with them. on your first question, i know of no conversation that we ever have with our allies in the republic of korea where we don't talk about the threats posed by north korea to the peninsula and the region. i know of no discussion that we have with those very important allies where we also don't talk about the challenges posed by china in the reand globally. i fully expect th

. >> chinese communist party was attempting too censor topics that are unacceptable to the p.r.c.> none of the 44 chinese officers have been arrested. all but one of them live in china. for the two new york residents accused of operating the secret police station, they appear in court today and each face up to 25 years in prison. martha? >> nate, thank you. so as we have reported, president biden said the intel leaks, which were the huge story of the end of last week allegedly from a 21-year-old air national guardsman were of no real consequence the president said. but today in a "wall street journal" exclusive, they spoke with a former noncommissioned naval officer who they report is a blogger known as donbas girl. the region in the eastern side of ukraine, which has been occupied by russians for some time and one of the big disputed territories in the russian war. she presents herself on this blog according to this reporting and supports vladimir putin. she's also believed -- the blog that she writes for is believed to have been one of the elements to widely disseminate these in

millions of americans addicted to heroin, fentanyl pushed on our people by cartels most often supplied by p.r.c. and has only increased at depths despair. we know the facts. we do not know what goes on in these homes. when we go into a home, when we see a family we see parents that are shattered by a loved one lost in the grips of a drug that has consumed them. we see the wife in west virginia whose husband came home in pain every night from work that left him battered and bruised. the over prescribed opioid that was supposed to be a cure for the pain became a cause of it. as addicted to cold opioids were replaced with heroin, heroin place with fentanyl, and now two children are growing up without a father supported now by a single mother who just saw the love of their life dissented to dr. this. we see the father in florida who just dropped his son off in his freshman dorm room. since he was a little boy he had always followed the rules. a quarterback on his high school team, the column -- the calm and quiet type but a concussion followed him to college. surrounded by peers, he spent a night w

initially based on ip theft and decades of p.r.c. subsidies of their business.hat catalyzed indigenous innovation which is something that is a reality now that we are going to have to confront. we need to confront it not only against telco but other technology areas. taking it back to ai, i would argue this is one of the very top priorities in terms of where we need to sustain current advantage, precisely because of its generative quality. building a faster missile does not beget a faster missile. building a capable ai system does not beget more capable systems. early deficits compound. >> cisa, which i am also obsessed with. [laughter] our mission is to lead the national effort to understand management and reduce the list to the cyber and physical infrastructure americans rely on. the vast majority of the infrastructure is not owned by the federal government. so, everything that we do, i probably spend 80% of my time with the private sector or state and local, or nonprofits or civil society. and we are every day, day in and day out, working to get feedback, to