Mike Pompeo

A Democratic representative had agreed to hold the hearing later in July.

"The Chinese Communist Party’s decision to eviscerate Hong Kong’s freedoms has forced the Trump administration to re-evaluate its policies toward the territory."

"Nobody briefed or told me."

Despite that, Pompeo - speaking to reporters ahead of Netanyahu's July 1 target date - said extending Israeli sovereignty was a decision "for Israelis to make."

"It was a really difficult situation."

"It is both sad and dangerous that John Bolton's final public role is that of a traitor."

"The OSC response to your hackery makes clear your continued effort to politicize legitimate and important diplomatic and national security activity was without merit."

"It is now clear that China is modeling Hong Kong after itself."

His advisers have become more in sync on the need to pressure China, including over Hong Kong.

"The United States condemns the ... proposal to unilaterally and arbitrarily impose national security legislation on Hong Kong."

"When the president doesn't listen to the truth, we all get hurt."

"In this cases, I recommended to the president that Steve Linick be terminated.

"I didn't know about an investigation."

"His office was investigating — at my request — Trump's phony declaration of an emergency so he could send weapons to Saudi Arabia."

"Any decision impinging on Hong Kong’s autonomy and freedoms as guaranteed under the Sino-British Joint Declaration and the Basic Law would inevitably impact our assessment of One Country, Two Systems ...

"They knew. China could have prevented the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people worldwide."

"If that data is available, it would be up to the US government to decide whether and when it can be shared, but it’s difficult for WHO to operate in ...

"These are not the first times that we have had the world exposed to viruses as a result of failures in a Chinese lab."

"It is an obligation to reconsider whether that vehicle is the right one to deliver pandemic response systems for the world.”

"The Committee on Foreign Affairs is determined to understand the reasons behind this self-defeating withdrawal from global leadership."