"I think it is the right answer to a problem that this Nation has, when you take a look at the hundreds of thousands of people in D.C. who do not have representation."
"I just think we are going a little too far with this."
"It raises that question as to who is making that decision."
"Hon. H. Morgan Griffith, a Representative in Congress from the Commonwealth of Virginia, opening statement."
"Now, I don't care what party you are in, this scenario, no matter what the department or the administration, deserves increased oversight."
"It is deeply troubling that a grant for hundreds of millions of American, hard-earned taxpayer dollars was approved for a company like Microvast."
"Time and again, we have requested information and testimony on how this has happened. And then time and again, the Department has failed to be accountable and transparent."
"I would like to hear that process, if you would tell us, the process for the vetting of these companies to make sure that they are going to actually be making things in America for Americans by Americ..."
"But you are telling me that is when the vetting actually--the in-depth vetting began."
"If they are majority U.S.-owned, how can the Chinese Communist Party, through its government, say--why would they say that they could be stopped or changed course because of what the government said i..."
"So all the rest of these companies are--if we go in and pick out any one of the ones you named or some others, we are going to find that they don't have these ties to the Chinese Communist Party and t..."
"I want to make sure the American taxpayer dollars are spent correctly."