John Ratcliffe: “China is the second largest [economy in the world].”

“Russia compete with us, other adversaries on the technological front. But China's different. We're the largest economy in the world. China is the second largest [economy in the world]. Russia's economy is about the size of my home state of Texas. So they have to choose where they're going to compete where China competes with us across the board.” (00:07–00:09)

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