Bill Hagerty

Can you guarantee us that no taxpayer money, no U.S. taxpayer money went to fund the attack that Hamas delivered in Israel on October the 7th?

In May of 2021, I traveled to Israel after the Eleven-Day War. I met with Prime Minister Netanyahu with his National Security Advisor...

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Due to Hamas' overall strength and level of control over Gaza, there is a high risk that Hamas could potentially derive indirect, unintentional benefit from U.S. assistance to Gaza.

I am deeply concerned here. And we need to be convinced that we are not funding both sides of this war.

Can you guarantee though that U.S. taxpayer dollars did not go to Hamas to help fund this attack on October the 7th?

In May of 2021, I traveled to Israel after the Eleven-Day War. I met with Prime Minister Netanyahu with his National Security Advisor, they briefed me and my team, on the fact that every humanitarian aid dollar, every foreign aid dollar…

I want to make certain that you can guarantee that not one dime of U.S. taxpayer funding is going to--the funding that is going to Gaza is going to benefit Hamas in their terrorist activities.

One of the things that struck me when my colleagues put this together was its ability to counter China.

One of the things that struck me when my colleagues put this together was its ability to counter China.

One of the things that struck me when my colleagues put this together was its ability to counter China.

Congress and the Biden Administration should not engage in heavy handed regulation with uncertain impacts that I believe pose a great risk to limiting political speech.

Is there a risk then, in your view, that hastily regulating in a very uncertain a rapidly growing concept like AI might actually chill political speech?

Congress and the Biden Administration should not engage in heavy handed regulation with uncertain impacts that I believe pose a great risk to limiting political speech.

I would like to use this scenario to illustrate my concern.

Is there a risk then, in your view, that hastily regulating in a very uncertain a rapidly growing concept like AI might actually chill political speech?

Congress and the Biden Administration should not engage in heavy handed regulation with uncertain impacts that I believe pose a great risk to limiting political speech.

Is there a risk then, in your view, that hastily regulating in a very uncertain a rapidly growing concept like AI might actually chill political speech?

We need to make sure that the equipment market is more diverse, and more competitive, and less costly.

I think it is also important that our allies do the same.

The strength of the covered list rests with the Commission's Equipment Authorization Program, and that predates the covered list.

Our ability to point to that, and the example that we set, as you say, can have repercussions around the world.

I think it is a very potent tool.

Personally, I have introduced legislation, the 21st Century Free Speech Act that would ensure that all Americans have reasonable, nondiscriminatory access to Big Tech speech platforms.