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At the end of the day, TikTok is owned by a Chinese company, ByteDance, and by Chinese law, that company has to be willing to turn over data to the Communist Party or, one of my bigger fears, we have 150 million Americans on TikTok, average of about 90 minutes a day, and how that channel could be used for propaganda purposes or disinformation by the Communist Party.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
Instead of playing whack-a-mole on Huawei one day, ZTE the next, Kasperky, TikTok — we need a more comprehensive approach to evaluating and mitigating these threats posed by these foreign technologies from these adversarial nations.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
Well, I think Donald Trump was right. I mean, TikTok is an enormous threat, so, if you're a parent, and you've got a kid on TikTok, I would be very, very concerned. All of that data that your child is inputting and receiving is being stored somewhere in Beijing.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We often bonded over stories and laughs about our mutual challenges raising families with three strong-willed daughters, up until the very end, Don was a fighter. Even though he battled cancer and faced other trials in recent years, he never lost his focus on social and environmental justice. Tonight, Virginia has lost a great leader and I have lost a great friend.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
America went from about 33% of the chip manufacturing - about seven or eight years ago or ten years ago - we're down to about 10 or 11%, china has almost done the complete reverse of that, and they are, you know, again, north of $150 billion in direct subsidy into that field.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
As someone who is committed to making sure this is paid for, that’s going to drive a lot of the debate.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
There's been some of the sense of, well, infrastructure, that shouldn't be hard to do. If it wasn't hard to do, why has it taken 30 years to get to this moment?
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We're down to the last couple of items, and I think you are going to see a bill Monday afternoon.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
I've done this job for about 12 years. I can't think of a more meaningful effort that we're taking on, than what we're doing right now.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Under the last administration, we didn’t treat these victims from the State Department community with the seriousness they deserve, that their own government did not believe them when they were injured or denied them proper medical attention and care is beyond the pale….For a while, they just got blown off. It’s inexcusable that they were treated this way, and it’s outrageous that we still don’t know who did it or what tools were used in these attacks.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I saw him four or five weeks ago. Very frail, but still, oftentimes with a pocket square, and looking like he stepped out of ‘Hunt Country’ magazine.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Let us not be unmindful of the enormity of the sacrifice of the men and women of the armed forces of the United States.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
For years, we saw former President Donald Trump – along with a number of foreign leaders – successfully utilize Facebook and other large social media platforms to sow misinformation, bully opponents, and spread anti-democratic vitriol, while this is a welcome step by Facebook, the reality is that bad actors still have the ability to exploit and weaponize the platform. Policymakers ultimately must address the root of these issues, which includes pushing for oversight and effective moderation mechanisms to hold platforms accountable for a business model that spreads real-world harm.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Section 230 has provided a ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ card to the largest platform companies even as their sites are used by scam artists, harassers, and violent extremists to cause damage and injury.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
The dedicated men and women of the Intelligence Community have been through a lot over the last four years, our intelligence professionals have been unfairly maligned. Their expertise, knowledge and analysis has often been ignored or even sometimes ridiculed by a president who seems oftentimes uninterested in facts. Those who bravely spoke the truth were vilified, reassigned, fired or retaliated against.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
As has been done in every other transition, The President should order that Joe Biden and Joe Biden team receive the PDB, as has been done in the past, even during the contested election of 2000, it's simply irresponsible to withhold this in these uncertain times.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
These guys are whack jobs and the President ought to disavow them.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
If my Florida Republican colleagues want to strip this legislation out of the NDAA behind closed doors, then I'm going to offer it up as an amendment to force an up-or-down vote and put every member of this body on the record.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
Senator Rubio has been a great partner on intelligence and national security issues and I look forward to working with Senator Rubio in Senator Rubio new role as acting chairman.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
Some have suggested that Richard Grenell main qualification for confirmation to this post is that Richard Grenell are not Richard Grenell. But frankly, that is not enough, before we put the Senate's stamp of approval and confirm a nominee to this critical position, senators must demand the qualities that the Senate specified when it passed the law creating the ODNI.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
A rail car might have a whole host of sensors (and) communication tools, and when that equipment is manufactured in China... and when that equipment sometimes can be upgraded on a remote basis in terms of a software upgrade, there are national security implications.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
The #PPPLoan is a lifeline for small businesses... but only if it works. Seeing concerning reports of technical problems with @SBAGov's E-Tran site preventing loans from getting out to small businesses. I know people are working hard on this, but we need to get it sorted out ASAP.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I think there was pretty uniform bipartisan opposition to that pick earlier and I don't think anything has changed.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
This White House seems to continue to both undermine and underrate the level of that threat and that does not make our system more secure.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
I stand by the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee investigation, which confirmed the Intelligence Committee's assessment that it was Russia, i stand by the Mueller report, which confirms that it was Russia that intervened. I stand by Mr. Trump's appointees as head of the CIA, head of the FBI, director of national intelligence, who have all testified publicly that it was Russia.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
This is not just a tech issue. It's about civil society, and the integrity of our political debate.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
I think Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg realizes that the longer we delay setting national rules, we raise the bar.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
The decision by the President to divert funding meant to support U.S. national security interests so that he can build a border wall only makes us less safe, taking money away from our military -- including funding to support critical projects here in Virginia -- will mean we are less equipped to tackle threats here at home and abroad.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
President Trump has repeatedly demonstrated that he is seemingly incapable of hearing facts that contradict his own views.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
President Trump has repeatedly demonstrated that President Trump is seemingly incapable of hearing facts that contradict President Trump own views, the mission of Intelligence Community is to speak truth to power ; Yet in pushing out two dedicated public servants in as many weeks, once again the President has shown that he has no problem prioritizing his political ego even if it comes at the expense of our national security.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
The mission of the intelligence community is to speak truth to power, yet in pushing out two dedicated public servants in as many weeks, once against the President has shown that he has no problem prioritizing his political ego even if it comes at the expense of our national security.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
We had one interaction at the very beginning in the process, and I have not spoken to him since.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Some Democrats's been under enormous pressure at times from certain members to shut down the investigation, I've been under pressure to reach a conclusion before we're finished, i think we've resisted that, and I think as you see the work product of this committee, the committee will be proud, and candidly the American public will get to see how the Congress is supposed to work.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
At this point Bill Barr has lost all credibility, and the only way to clear this up is for Special Counsel Mueller to testify publicly.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
At this point I think its going to be a pretty tough argument for them to make, ill listen to whatever case they want to present, but Im not convinced at this point that the advantages of the program have been worth the trouble.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I want technology to stay. I want the social media platforms to stay, but I do think the days of the Wild Wild West where anything goes, people just aren't going to allow it.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Shouldn't we have the right to know whether we're being contacted by a human being versus a bot when you're on social media?
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The platform companies are now going to have an opportunity to put their money where their mouth is, to see if they support this legislation and other approaches.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The rapid and wide-scale dissemination of this hateful content — live-streamed on Facebook, uploaded on YouTube and amplified on Reddit — shows how easily the largest platforms can still be misused. It is ever clearer that YouTube, in particular, has yet to grapple with the role it has played in facilitating radicalization and recruitment.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Two years ago when this investigation started, I said it may be the most important thing I'm involved in in my public life in the Senate and nothing I have heard today dissuades me from that view.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I've always said this was really important. I feel after today's testimony even more so, i think it will be interesting to see what happens with his public appearance tomorrow. It may cover more ground.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Obviously this is just one of the key figures in Robert Mueller investigation, and it's critically important that we get them all back, but tomorrow is a good first step.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
The United States and its allies need to maintain a common front against the supply chain risk of equipment from countries that do not respect the rule of law and that routinely place extra-judicial surveillance demands on domestic firms.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The company denies that it or its subsidiary or affiliate have committed any of the asserted violations of Mark Warner law set forth in each of the indictments, is not aware of any wrongdoing by Ms. Meng, and believes the Mark Warner courts will ultimately reach the same conclusion.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
Michael Cohen was someone who lied to the committee, that got Michael Cohen into real jeopardy. ... Michael Cohen has an enormous number of unanswered questions about Trump Tower and a variety of other items that we need answers to.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
We are alarmed that unpaid federal employees will be required to incur this additional financial hardship during a time when they can least afford it.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
That raises a whole host of questions that the American public needs an answer to and the Congress needs an answer to.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Let me make clear, that what the President proposed yesterday, increasing border security, looking at( Temporary Protected Status), looking at the Dreamers -- I'll use that as a starting point, but you've got to start by opening the government.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
The American government does not know what was discussed between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in that frankly pathetic, embarrassing encounter where Donald Trump was kowtowing on the world stage to Vladimir Putin in Helsinki.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
If accurate, this is damning evidence of a senior Trump campaign official providing information to individuals tied to Russian intelligence at the height of the Kremlin's effort to undermine our election.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
This is one more example of one of the President's closest allies lying about their ties to Russia and Russians, in this first blush looking, just remarkable that you have the President's personal lawyer still dealing on a Trump Tower project through the whole campaign, through 2017.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
As we continue to see this rollout of close Donald Trump allies plead guilty, almost always to trying to hide their ties with Russia and with Russians and the Russians' attempt to infiltrate the Donald Trump campaign -- I think there is more story to be told, what are they covering up for ?
Found on CNN 6 years ago
This is simply an attempt for Donald Trump, who wants to do anything possible to bring back fears around immigration, to use that as a political tool in this last week before the election, this is again, where a President's words matter. The Constitution is quite clear that no one, including the President of the United States, is above the law.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
This is actually not some dark room or off some dark deserted road, this is inside the Saudi consulate and 15 individuals coming over from Saudi Arabia for what at least appears to be one task only and that was the elimination of Mr. Khashoggi.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
It strains any credibility that somehow the leadership of the Saudi regime, which is so authoritarian, wouldn't have knowledge of these actions.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
There are a lot of different people from different places in the company that need to work together to combat this.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
What you'd like is the President to not worry so much about the short term of staffing, but the long term of vision-casting for America, pull us together as a people, help us deliberate about where we should go and then build a team of great, big-cause, low-ego people around you.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
There would be nothing House Intelligence would do House Intelligence would surprise me at this point, house Intelligence clearly is under siege and will stop at nothing to try to divert people's attention.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
One area that I hope will be broad base consensus is we need to get a briefing as soon as possible about what happened not only in the group setting, but what I'm deeply concerned about, and warned the administration beforehand, was what happened in this one-on-one setting ? if the President was willing to dismiss American concerns in public, what in the heck did he say in private ?
Found on CNN 6 years ago
I think Senate Intelligence Committee's Senate Intelligence Committee that this White House has not made election security a top priority and has not put the kind of attention and focus on it that we need.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
We know that Trump doesn't do a lot of prep work for these meetings. He kind of goes in and wings it.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
There should be no one-on-one meeting between this President and Vladimir Putin.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
There should be no one-on-one meeting between this President and Mr. Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
The Russian effort was extensive and sophisticated, and its goals were to undermine public faith in the democratic process, to hurt Secretary Clinton (Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton) and to help Donald Trump.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
The news that Facebook provided privileged access to Facebook's API to Chinese device makers like Huawei and TCL raises legitimate concerns, and I look forward to learning more about how Facebook ensured that information about their users was not sent to Chinese servers.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
If they insist upon carrying out this farce, White House and its Republican allies in White House will do permanent, longstanding damage to the practice of bipartisan congressional oversight of intelligence.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
They will also be sending a terrible message to anyone who works in or with our nation's intelligence community that the White House will always prioritize partisan politics over protecting the people who help keep this country safe.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
If this kind of discussion is going to take place, we have a process — it's called the Gang of Eight, my hope is that any such briefing needs to bipartisan, and my hope and prayer is that the FBI or the Department of Justice would not in any way be forced to reveal confidential information that would go against 75 years of practice.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
Chairman Richard Burr and I have been pretty clear that we don't think that information should even be shared with us, we've turned down the opportunity to have that kind of briefing, because, because of the threat of leaking. Because there are other bodies on the Hill that get information, and very quickly afterwards that information appears in the press. We wanted to make sure that weren't going to be subject to any, even those kind of allegations.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
I think that if any individual, elected official or otherwise, knowingly reveals a classified piece of information about an FBI source, you are breaking the law and should be fully prosecuted.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
There are ways that we can put reasonable restraints without dramatically interfering with people's Second Amendment rights.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
It would be at best irresponsible, and at worst potentially illegal, for members of Congress to use their positions to learn the identity of an FBI source for the purpose of undermining the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in Fox Friends election.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
The first thing any new member of House Intelligence Committee learns is the critical importance of protecting sources and methods. Publicly outing a source risks not only their life, but the lives of every American, because when sources are burned it makes it that much harder for every part of the intelligence community to gather intelligence on those who wish to do us harm.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
I believe she is someone who can and will stand up to the president, who will speak truth to power if this president orders her to do something illegal or immoral, like a return to torture.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Gina Haspel is among one of the most qualified people to be nominated to be director of the CIA, i feel safer knowing the CIA has Miss Haspel at the helm. ... I believe Gina Haspel should be confirmed. I look forward to supporting Gina Haspel.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
As director of the CIA, Gina Haspel will be the first operations officer in more than five decades to lead the agency. I believe that Gina Haspel will be a strong advocate for the agency’s workforce, and an independent voice who can and will stand up on behalf of our nation’s intelligence community, most importantly, I believe Gina Haspel is someone who can and will stand up to the president if ordered to do something illegal or immoral -- like a return to torture.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
I believe she is someone who can and will stand up to the President if ordered to do something illegal or immoral -- like a return to torture.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
Most importantly, I believe she is someone who can and will stand up to the President if ordered to do something illegal or immoral – like a return to torture.
Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Gina Haspel letter was closer to some of the individual conversations I've had with Gina Haspel.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
This is an area where Justice Department has never shared this kind of information in the past.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
I think this will be the focus of a huge amount of attention from members on both sides of the aisle, it's really important for all members of the Intel Committee, for that matter all members, that The CIA provide as much transparency as possible.
Found on CNN 6 years ago
Members have a lot of questions, they deserve to have those questions answered.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Diplomacy is the right path forward to deal with North Korea, at the same time, due to Pyongyang’s history of obfuscation and international defiance, the United States must proceed with caution. I am deeply concerned that the White House has not laid the necessary diplomatic groundwork and coordination for direct talks with North Korea, continued Warner, a Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee. Trump had previously threatened North Korea with fire and fury like the world has never seen. He also tweeted Saturday :.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Companies like YouTube have immense power and influence in shaping the media and content that users see, i’ve been increasingly concerned that the recommendation engine algorithms behind platforms like YouTube are, at best, intrinsically flawed in optimizing for outrageous, salacious, and often fraudulent content.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
I’m disappointed. I’ve been disappointed throughout this, twitter has been often times the slowest to respond … The other companies met the deadline which was way over a month from when they testified.
Found on FOX News 6 years ago
The chairman and I have talked about doubling down, that¹s the message we've conveyed to the staff, we still would like to hear from (former FBI Director James) Comey, we still believe that his public appearance in an open session, and if needed, a closed session, is the right next step for him. The American people need to hear his side of the story, so we're at it.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
I believe the American people will get a chance to hear from Director Comey shortly.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
This is where, again, the chairman and I just disagree in terms of the needs for this narrowly tailored independent counsel, i expressed that concern to Mr. Rosenstein. He took it under advisement.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
If he doesn't do that, then I think it's going to be very difficult to solicit a lot of support from Democrats ... in terms of whoever the President picks to be a permanent FBI director.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
Despite his impressive academic credentials, Judge Gorsuch’s record and evasive responses – even refusing to answer questions regarding his views of cases like Roe v. Wade and Citizens United – do not give me confidence that he possesses a judicial philosophy that will serve the American public well.
Found on FOX News 7 years ago
The big issue that we're grappling with, is getting the documents from the intelligence community and my patience is getting really thin.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
I can hear where your question is headed and at some point in this investigation we'll, you know.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
It's important for us at least, and I think for all of us here to remember to not lose sight about what this investigation is about: an outside, foreign adversary effectively sought to hijack our most critical democratic process, the election of a president, we're here to assure you and more importantly, the American people who are watching and listening, that we will get to the bottom of this.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
We have to talk to Mr. Manafort, we're going to need to bring him in.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
This is probably the most important thing I've ever taken on in my public life.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
I have seen absolutely no evidence of President Trump's claim about President Obama.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
If we are investigating Russian interference, here is someone who has acknowledged that he has been in contact with the Russians.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
The tax returns become a primary lead into a Russia connection -- and that would be Russian money in his businesses. He's visited Russia six times by his own voice on television. Who knows what the situation is?
Found on CNN 7 years ago
We'll follow the facts wherever they may lead, but he's not shown us any evidence.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
This pretty much guarantees that it will be pushed back, i don't think it ends CETA.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I think it's the strongest case to go forward against the United States, but the chances of success are still very low.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
While I choose to support the deal, I am not satisfied with it as a final measure and will support efforts to shore up its weaker points.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
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