The loopholes are extraordinary. The lack of transparency is phenomenal. The need for FARA reform right now is immense.

I think that that answer is very insightful and raises other questions.

Let's keep AI under the control of people. It needs to be safe.

They're not entitled to the protection of our Bill of Rights when they are seeking to destroy those rights.

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

Thank you for your leadership.

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Our framework calls for export controls, and sanctions, and legal restrictions.

We do America a disservice if we do not evaluate it accordingly, especially given that censorship and the silencing of dissidents is part of the Saudi business playbook.

Let's prioritize, as you do, the protection of our citizens and consumers.

I have frequently said how over-classification, excessive secrecy is damaging to the public interest.

Saudi Arabia's use of sovereign wealth fund resources to attempt to gain influence in the United States should trouble us all.

I have been grateful, especially to my partner in this effort, Senator Hawley, the Ranking Member.

Given the terrible human rights record of Saudi, which we have been discussing and as well, of course, MBS himself, which are overseeing these abuses...

We need more than half measures. We can't delude ourselves by thinking with a false sense of comfort that we've solved the problem if we don't provide effective enforcement.

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

Let's prioritize safety and security, which your framework does.

We hope--I hope, at least, by the end of this year.

We cannot make those mistakes again.

They are trying to create that image so that as policymakers go about their work, there is an obfuscation about what Saudi Arabia is really about.

We still do everything in our power to prevent American companies from helping China or Russia in their nuclear programs.

I think anything to aid in our education and enlightenment--'our,' being Senators--is a good thing.

We are not letting this issue go.

This is a tactic that we have seen the Saudi influence operation used post Khashoggi.

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