Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) will commemorate on Tuesday the 35th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan’s historic speech at Shanghai’s Fudan University.

Rubio will discuss the significance of Reagan’s remarks as well as the current relationship between the U.S. and China as part of the Reagan Institute’s Great Communicators Series in Washington, D.C.

The senator’s remarks are set to begin at 1 p.m. Eastern.

Below is an excerpt of his prepared speech: