"You are afraid of them in a way that you are not afraid of critics in the United States."
"I see hypocrisy between these actions."
"I'm absolutely--I just think this is stunning."
"I rarely in life agree with Senator Tom Cotton. I'm pretty much in full agreement with him today."
"Are you aware that the Chinese government denies those documents to Uyghurs and Tibetans, and that they are therefore unable to actually stay at your accommodations in Beijing for these Games?"
"If the state prohibited Jewish Americans from staying in your properties, would you still run a business in that jurisdiction?"
"cryptocurrencies are being used right now for all kinds of very nefarious purposes--to purchase illicit goods, drugs, guns; to provide material support to terrorist organizations; to enable the ransom..."
"I think it is an abstraction, whereas ransomware attacks are not an abstraction. They are hurting people every single day."
"I think we have to ask, what is the good, what is the positive social value of this phenomenon that is also creating all of this harm?"
"So I am still not convinced this market in cryptocurrency should even exist, but let's talk about regulation for a moment."
"I think if we regulated it, it wouldn't be crypto anymore, and so what would be the point?"