"We want to make sure we consider the threats posed by the CCP."
"I do not think anybody can take a look at our response to COVID and say it was a dramatic success. No, it was a miserable failure."
"And if a foreign company requires its subsidiaries to promote influence and intelligence operations by foreign governments within the U.S., would that constitute a risk?"
"They are absolutely not doing everything they could be doing."
"But we don't have the information on how many CFIUS reviews are being conducted, which, you know, priority projects are being looked at."
"Research and development is important for things like weapon systems."
"It takes us from concept to fielding 3 years where it takes the Chinese Government a year."
"Are we keeping up with the bad guys? They seem to be doing all this cool stuff."
"We want to tighten that crank. We want to turn that crank faster."
"The EPA changing its standards on PFAS will mean that the Department is asked to live up to those standards."
"You know, if a company was requiring Americans to adhere to the principles of a hostile foreign government, would that constitute a risk?"
"Should only the top 10 percent pay the taxes and we raise that number so only the top 10 pay the taxes?"
"I agree with you with the four."
"The days for the tech industry to be allowed to self-regulate and to police their own systems are over."
"Congress has to reclaim its oversight capability."
"We cannot solve these problems without addressing the root causes by fixing our broken immigration system and creating expanded legal pathways to the United States."
"But why would we tell the American people we need to spend $6 trillion of emergency funding in this last Congress, and then find out we are no longer in an emergency and we still are going to spend th..."
"I look forward to working alongside our Chairman and all Members of this subcommittee on a bipartisan basis to secure our transportation and maritime systems."
