It gives the president authority to sanction them and it gives him authority to ban TikTok.
Michael McCaul
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Michael Thomas McCaul is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 10th congressional district since 2005. A member of the Republican Party, he has been active in various legislative efforts, particularly focusing on national security and foreign policy. McCaul has played a significant role in discussions surrounding U.S. relations with countries like Ukraine and Russia, often emphasizing the importance of NATO and the need for a strong response to aggression.
I can't think of anything more horrific or more barbaric than this practice that the Chinese Communist Party engages in to hold people down against their will, and sometimes anesthetize them, sometimes not, and take out their very vital…
So this is the time for the United States, especially this Congress, to be very clear and very firm in reasserting our support for the right of the Taiwanese people to decide when and how and if they are going to manage their relationship…
I give them an A+ for being smart and clever. But I am glad we finally caught up to this.
There's no need to rush this. We could have hearings and discuss this, and witnesses, and experts.
This will force the State Department to treat the Chinese Communist Party and their government as who they really are, not a developing nation but an economic power that must be dealt with.
I urge each of my colleagues to support this important bill and vote yes on the entire en bloc package which I wholeheartedly support.
The PRC gets little to zero interest loans from the World Bank with a developing nation status.
I think it's dangerous not to pass this bill because if we don't and we allow TikTok to continue its surveillance in this country of Americans and particularly our children then we have not done our job on this committee.
I also support H. Res. 90 which condemns the unjust and arbitrary detention of Mark Swidan by the People's Republic of China and demand his immediate release.
fixing our broken immigration system will not only help migrants fleeing persecution and poverty, but it will also help us manage our border human smuggling