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

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

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…

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.

Your platform should be banned.

Big Tech has transformed the information superhighway into a super spreader of harmful content, invasive surveillance practices, and addictive and damaging design features.

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

Unfortunately, I have been given no reason to believe that TikTok does not pose a threat.

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.

We do not trust TikTok will ever embrace American values, values for freedom, human rights, and innovation.

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.

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

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.

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

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

We were able to go down to the Rio Grande River after the hearing late at night and be able to see the activity at the river in real time.

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.

I am very much a fiscal conservative.

Thank you for this opportunity to testify in support of the Energy and Commerce Committee's funding request for the 118th Congress.

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

it takes a staff to do the follow up and to really understanding the details and be able to ask the questions and make sure that we are holding them accountable.

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

We need a national data privacy standard that changes the status quo regarding people's data.

The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, COPPA, is wholly outdated.