the Communist Chinese continue to
ratchet up their aggression throughout
the Pacific Asia region and specifically
now over the skies of Taiwan two of
China's aircraft the J 10 and x8 and
there you see them entered Taiwan's
airspace today and were chased away and
warned by Taiwanese fighter jets this is
the fourth time the China has overflown
Taiwan airspace over the course of the
past nine days a top People's Liberation
Army General recently said China could
take Taiwan by force and must quote
resolutely smash any separatist moves by
the nation of Taiwan Mike Pompeo is in
Honolulu Hawaii to meet with China's
Foreign Affairs ahead that meeting
scheduled for 3:00 p.m. Eastern we have
received absolutely no information about
today's talks being held at Hickam Air
Force Base no details of the agenda of
the talks nor exactly who is attending
that meeting is it's an extraordinary an
extraordinary meeting in the regard that
we know absolutely nothing about what is
going on and joining us tonight and yes
that's right I'm absolutely furious
about that joining us tonight is
congressman Jim banks a member of the
Republicans in China task force as well
as the House Armed Services Committee he
introduced bills to stop US investment
in China's military as well as demanding
reparations from China congressman
always good to have you with us I want
to get first year reaction to the idea
that a meeting would be hell I guess
we're supposed to send a thank-you note
for the administration that they would
at least let us know that their meeting
was being held I mean this is really
outside the tradition of US government
foreign policy particularly foreign
policy meetings it's outrageous the
public right to know is no longer a
right in this country well
what we do know is that the Chinese
requested the meeting like you I'm eager
to hear how the meeting went between
secretary Pompeo and Chinese officials
in Honolulu we hopefully will learn here
soon what happened what was agreed to in
that meeting but the bottom line of what
gives me some comfort in knowing that
that president Trump has continued to
get the attention of the Chinese is that
they requested the meeting secretary
Pompeo their meeting with them soon like
you I look forward to hearing how it
went yeah I admire the positivity you
express I but I think it sort of ignores
these flyovers of Taiwan are the
aggression by China and the PLA
throughout the South China Sea
I mean it's becoming their Lake let's be
straightforward about this this is not a
president who wants it to be said that
the South China Sea was lost to China on
in his presidency this is outrageous
conduct we are witnessing by China
Period simple as it can be and what we
are seeing at every turn whether it's
killing a hundred thousand Americans
infecting four million people around
eight million people around the world
four hundred thousand deaths around the
world there is not a single bloody damn
response to any of it everything's just
fine today on Capitol Hill telling your
colleagues
Robert light hyzer the US Trade
Representative that decoupling from
China is not a policy option for this
administration are you kidding me what
in hell is there to be optimistic about
what is a how in the world can we even
account for ourselves being responsive
to the aggression of this outrageous Xi
Jinping led China not to mission liu was
occurring on the China Indian border at
the moment as well I spoke with the
Ambassador from India to the United
States today and
with him about about India standing up
to China and here's what he told me he
said we will not be bullied by China and
those were words that I like you I wish
we would hear from more American leaders
today for the same reasons I mean this
is how a powerful authoritarian you've
got a regime like China operates they go
ahead I'm sorry to interrupt you I'm
sitting here thinking general Milley the
the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
is more concerned by making a rather
noxious and untrue statements and
apologizing for what you know I mean
it's just it's insane what the military
is turned into and this and it's
swapping if you will this administration
apparently I concur with you Lou every
bit of it we know what what China is up
to this is a this is an authoritarian
regime with global domination on their
mind that is their ambition we can't
turn a blind eye to it the Ambassador
from India told me a day there they
won't they will not be bullied by China
and we shouldn't be bullied by China
either I like you I can't I can't
believe what i heard from ambassador
light hyzer today it's not consistent
with what this president has vowed to do
in holding China accountable what he's
done recently to delist Chinese
companies from the stock exchange to ban
Chinese students that are associated
with the Chinese Communist Party
threatening sanctions and tariffs on
China this president has remained tough
members of his administration at times
have like light hyzer have been
inconsistent with that message it's not
acceptable and I can't imagine that this
president is pleased with what he heard
from the Ambassador before the Ways and
Means Committee today one can't imagine
it one can't imagine that light hyzer
would have ever mouthed such words the
man that I thought I knew wouldn't have
congressman jim banks you get the last
word here at this juncture where are we
headed
China in your judgement well we've got
to be tough we've got to hold them
accountable that that's what the China
task force is exploring and how exactly
how we can do that I can assure you that
there are many members in the Republican
Conference in Congress who are studying
ways that we can do exactly the opposite
of what lie Heiser was saying that that
we're doing and how we decouple the
American economy from China's so that
we're not left to the whims of the
Chinese authoritarian leadership
ambitions to dominate the United States
of America any longer that that's what
I'm committed to Lou and and that's what
I'll be focused on in the days and weeks
to come in the Congress this is this is
a president who is historic in large
measure because he's kept his word and
kept his promises and held faith with
each of them to see where he is right
now whether at the counsel of his senior
advisors clever fellows all are simply a
direct pipeline to Wall Street into the
Oval Office I don't know but it is there
are storm clouds over that Oval Office
right now Congressman Jim banks good to
have you with us thank you sir