Ben Cardin actually said...

"China's largest companies are government-owned. So how do you deal with the issue of competitive advantage to companies' commercial sectors when you are dealing with a country, China, where so much of..."

"But I would hope that you will use the same sensitivities that we use for military arms as we use for Internet technology so that we are not wrapped up in the view that the Internet is so global that ..."

"You know that American companies today are using their technology to support repressive policies of other countries as a way of gaining entry into the markets of those countries."

"You do not invade the privacy of a workforce and call that intelligence gathering for your national security."