"Opening statement."
"My concern here is primarily about the privacy issue, the fact that TikTok is making all kinds of money by gathering private information about Americans."
"The liability shield for social media platforms has for too long been abused."
"I still believe that the Beijing communist government will still control and have the ability to influence what you do."
"Public outrage and hollow apologies alone are not going to rein in Big Tech."
"I am often a critic of the Senate. So I was not surprised that the Senate did not pass the House's bipartisan bill."
"the Energy and Commerce Committee advanced bipartisan legislation that overwhelmingly passed the House to extend the FCC's auction authority."
"we are going to continue to work on a bipartisan basis here in the House and try to get the Senate to do something"
"we need to have a future of trusted suppliers that are based in the United States and our allies"
"So the ADPPA has some really important provisions on this."
"Simply put, as we will hear from today's witnesses, we need comprehensive Federal data privacy legislation, and we need it urgently."