Cathy McMorris Rodgers

TikTok collects nearly every data point imaginable, from people's location to what they type and copy, who they talk to, biometric data, and more.

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-Communist propaganda, and undermine…

The combination of TikTok's Beijing, communist-based China ownership and its popularity exacerbates its danger to our country and to our privacy.

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 their data.

Complete honesty is the standard and the law you are being held to before this committee.

The answers you owe are to the American people, a free people who cherish their God-given unalienable, rights.

Make no mistake, this committee is also looking to the future.

A gateway to spy is not the only way TikTok and ByteDance can do the bidding of the CCP.

TikTok has repeatedly been caught in the lie that it does not answer to the CCP through ByteDance.

Your platform should be banned.

We need to restore the spectrum management process. NTIA must be at the helm in order to maximize efficient spectrum use.

The House recently passed our spectrum auction authority extension bill, the H.R. 1108, and it failed to pass the Senate.

I urge the Senate to act swiftly to pass H.R. 1108 to extend the FCC's auction authority through May 19th.

We cannot afford to cede leadership to China and other authoritarian countries who abuse their technology to suppress freedom.

For reasons unknown to me, certain Senators decided to risk U.S. wireless leadership over a date change.

It is shocking how few resources the FTC has for privacy.

I really urge my colleagues to act with urgency here. The harms to kids online are now very clear, and we really shouldn't take too much longer to act.

This tradeoff is why we are here today.

We must stop these data brokers from collecting, using, and selling consumers' data without their knowledge or permission.

The American Data Privacy and Protection Act also protects kids from Big Tech.

The bill adopts a data minimization obligation. It requires companies to limit the personal information they collect.

It rejects the coercive notice and consent system that has failed to protect Americans' data privacy and security.

The American Data Privacy and Protection Act will put people back in control of their personal data, stop data collection abuses by Big Tech.

We simply cannot go another Congress without passing comprehensive privacy legislation.

I firmly believe that the way to do that is by adopting a strong national privacy standard that limits the excesses of Big Tech and makes the digital world safer.