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I rise today in support of HR 7521 the
protecting Americans from foreign
adversary controlled applications act
foreign adversaries like the Chinese
Communist Party pose the greatest
National threat of our time Tik Tock
access to
177 million American users makes it a
valuable propaganda tool for the CCP to
exploit over the past week we saw in
real time how the CCP controlled Tik Tok
used its influence and power to Force
users to contact their representatives
if they even wanted to continue using
the app and this is just a small taste
of how the CCP weaponizes applications
it controls to manipulate tens of
millions of people to further its agenda
today's legislation will end this abuse
by preventing apps controlled by Foreign
adversaries from targeting surveilling
and manipulating the American people we
have given Tik Tock a Clear Choice
separate from your parent company bite
dance which is beholden to the CCP and
remain operational in the United States
or side with the CCP and face the
consequences the choice is Tick TOS
companies controlled by a foreign
adversary like the CCP will never
Embrace American values like the freedom
of speech human rights the rule of law
and a free press if given the choice
they will always choose the path for
more control more surveillance and more
manipulation and in the case of Tik Tok
we wouldn't even know it today we send a
clear message that we will not tolerate
our adversaries weaponizing our freedoms
against
us I encourage my colleagues to support
this bill and I rever reserve the
balance of my time
