Political Quotes

“Madam Chair, I rise in support of this bill, and specifically on the TikTok divestment bill. I want to say a special thank you to Greg Meeks, Mike McCaul, Mike Gallagher, Frank Pallone, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, and Chair Cantwell in the Senate for working on this bill. First of all, this bill is not a ban; it is about a divestment. It is not really about TikTok; it is about ByteDance, the company that owns TikTok and is indisputably controlled by the Chinese Communist Party. The CCP's secretary of the cell embedded in the company is the editor and chief of ByteDance. That is why we are so concerned about this particular app. Since the bill passed with 352 votes previously, we increased the divestment period, which is the least restrictive way to deal with the CCP threat, from 6 months to upwards of a year. Madam Chair, I strongly urge support of this bill.”