Richard Blumenthal actually said...

And when we simply do economic or political interests, sometimes it's very shortsighted, and we wander into a geopolitical swamp and quicksa...

They can use democratic institutions, but they cannot leverage them to promote suppression and oppression.

If it wants to engage with the United States commercially, it must be subject to United States law and oversight.

There has been a reference here to a number of acronyms, FARA, CFIUS. The requirements of CFIUS apply to national security threats.