Darin LaHood actually said...

"The technology race with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is not one the United States can afford to lose."

"The national security threat that DeepSeek — a CCP-affiliated company — poses to the United States is alarming."

"The greatest country in the world should not have as many children who are poor and in poverty."

"It is beyond frustrating, Mr. Secretary, that something so clear in the statute could be implemented in this way."