"A gateway to spy is not the only way TikTok and ByteDance can do the bidding of the CCP."
"Make no mistake, this committee is also looking to the future."
"The answers you owe are to the American people, a free people who cherish their God-given unalienable, rights."
"Complete honesty is the standard and the law you are being held to before this committee."
"Big Tech has transformed the information superhighway into a super spreader of harmful content, invasive surveillance practices, and addictive and damaging design features."
"Today the American people are powerless to stop this invasion of their privacy, and we can't wait any longer to pass comprehensive national privacy legislation that puts people back in control of thei..."
"The combination of TikTok's Beijing, communist-based China ownership and its popularity exacerbates its danger to our country and to our privacy."
"National security experts are sounding the alarm, warning that the Chinese Communist government could require TikTok to compromise device security, maliciously access American user data, promote pro-C..."
"To the American people watching today, hear this: TikTok is a weapon by the Chinese Communist Party to spy on you, manipulate what you see, and exploit for future generations."
"TikTok poses as a Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, but it acts like Big Brother. And that has got to stop."
"I urge my colleagues to continue to work together to pass a national data privacy bill."
"Unfortunately, I have been given no reason to believe that TikTok does not pose a threat."