Chair Rodgers Joins Maria Bartiromo to Talk About Protecting Americans' Data From the CCP

National Security officials have been sounding the alarm they are holding a classified briefing today on Tik Tok then the house is expected to vote on that bill tomorrow it would require Chinese company bite dance to sell Tik Tok or face a ban in the United States there are now reports that the CEO of Tik Tock is planning to come to Washington this week uh to testify joining me right now is the chairman of the house Energy and Commerce Committee and Washington congresswoman Kathy McMorris Rogers whose committee drafted the Tik Tock Bill great to see you Congressman thank you so much for being here good to be with you Maria are you expecting the Tik Tock CEO to come talk about this this week I I certainly I've heard the reports that he would like to meet with more of the Senators we've had him before our committee he testified before the house Energy and Commerce Committee last March it only increased the concerns that members on both sides of the aisle had as we witnessed Tick Tock being caught repeatedly in this lie that it is not beholden to the Chinese Communist party because of its ownership by bite dance we know because of internal recordings by employees of Tik Tok that uh they have said that everything is seen in China and we know that we cannot trust China to uphold our data security or our American values of Freedom that's why this action must be taken to force uh these apps that are controlled by Foreign adversaries like China to either divest or be banned in the United States of America so do you expect this bill to pass will you vote on this Bill yes yes the house is scheduled to vote on this legislation uh tomorrow on Wednesday morning we had a very strong vote last week in the house Energy and Commerce Committee 50 to zero a a unanimous vote which only underscores how strong the the uh bill is and also how the members believe this action needs to be taken that this is is a national security threat the amount of data that is being collected right now data that ultimately can be used to Target surveil manipulate Americans by the Chinese Communist party this is a real national security threat the B bill is narrow it is targeted to address the national security threat that we believe these apps like Tik Tock opposed to the United States because of its ownership by a foreign adversary so what do you what do you make of president Trump coming out against this bill warning that if you ban Tik Tok it will double Facebook's business in 2020 Trump wanted to ban Tik Tok he ended up pushing the company to reform itself via its project Texas action Kentucky Senator Rand Paul also came out against the bill warning that it will endanger the First Amendment and empower the federal government to ban social media platforms he posted this on X if Congress bans Tik Tok they'll be acting just like the Chinese Communists who have also banned tikk talk why not just defend the First Amendment congresswoman this is this is uh requiring Tik Tok to make a choice so Tik Tok will have to make a choice as to whether or not it remains beholden to the Chinese Communist party because it is owned by bite dance that we know is controlled by the Chinese Communist party or if it severs its ties if it's divested and sold uh then it can continue to operate in the United States we we share pre uh presid so that is not related to content on Facebook or on Tik Tok we are not addressing content this is a national security threat the bill is targeted and specific focusing on the national security threat we're not getting into content uh and as far as president Trump raising concerns about the the bill and we share his concerns around meta and other big tech companies in the United States of America and we are working to address privacy National or uh data security issues related to the these big tech companies this bill is targeted towards foreign adversaries and apps that are controlled by Foreign adversaries like Tik Tok but also other foreign foreign adversaries that control apps and what the bill does is is in this case it it forces Tik Tock to make a choice we we are not making that choice for them if they want to operate in the United States they need to sever their ties with the Chinese Communist party that's ultimately controlled by bite dance well I mean the the president Trump's take on this he says I don't want Facebook doing better they're a true enemy of the people he wrote on Truth social because they tried to interfere with the election do you have any worries about that that this makes meta more powerful and those Zucker bucks were very important to the Democrats in the last election well I I share his concerns about meta and Facebook and other big tech companies this bill is is focused on Tik Tok which or and other it's focused on apps that are controlled by Foreign adversaries and it builds upon what president Trump attempted to do when he was president as far as what's going to happen if Tik Tok is forced to divest it could go a number of different ways uh it it could it could um become public and then it would still be operational in the United States or it could be it could be um sold to someone else it doesn't say it it has to be an American company it simply says it has to divest from a foreign adversary in this case it is China yeah and and by the way we are well aware of the aggression out of the Communist Party of China Congressman so I understand uh the threat here I want to move on to get your take on all of these taxes 55 trillion dollars of new taxes President Biden wants to implement as part of this massive 7 and A3 trillion dollar 2025 budget uh Biden is proposing a 25% minimum tax on those with more than $100 million a 28% corporate tax rate and a 21% minimum tax for billion it's not going anywhere in the house but I would just say that this is just staggering the the the taxes that President Biden is imposing upon small businesses individuals uh corporations in the United States it is suffocating to our economy I would take us back to when President Trump was in office and we passed the the tax cuts and jobs act that caused our economy to Boom the United States of America has always been known for its entrepreneurial spirit small businesses are the driver of our economy we are the country where you can start a business grow business improve people's you and your colleagues in the last three years have been complaining about all of the spending that the Democrats were doing they pushed through the inflation act uh which didn't cut inflation America rescue plan act the chips act and I know you know some of this each other to do things the