Jeff Merkley actually said...

"Good morning. Today's hearing of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China on 'Techno-Authoritarianism: Platform for Repression in China and Abroad' will come to order."

"Today's hearing of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China entitled 'Techno-Authoritarianism: Platform for Repression in China and Abroad,' will come to order."

"the International Olympic Committee has placed the world's athletes in the untenable position of making them essentially complicit in China's effort to use the Olympics to paint a very beautiful visio..."

"Without proper guardrails to protect privacy and basic human rights, technology can control populations, trample freedom of expression, and undermine institutions of democratic governance."