Cathy McMorris Rodgers: “I believe this hearing can serve as an important alarm bell for safely reopening our schools.”

Protecting Americans' data and addressing the serious national security threat posed by the CCP have been my top priorities all Congress.

This is a targeted approach to prohibit access to an application owned by a foreign adversary that poses a clear threat to U.S. national security.

I firmly believe that we must do what we can now to safeguard Americans' personal data while we work to advance privacy legislation.

I commend members of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, in particular Chairman Mike Gallagher and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi, for their partnership on this legislation to address the immediate threat that…