Leading this hour, a new sign of the clear dysfunction in the republican party, right . Right now. I mean, how bad things have to be to turn down two days. All expenses paid at a Luxury Resort well, thats the reality for many many House Republicans and a source says, fewer than half of them have rsvp. Yes. For the annual event starting today, that is meant to build party unity. Republican Congresswoman Name since he made shes doing a tv or parents instead congressman Kelly Armstrong says hed rather focus on his campaign for governor. And congressman tim burchett remarked, quote, i dont retreat i move forward. I got a farm to run. This comes just one day after republican Lawmakers Said hes quitting congress altogether next week because of the fighting and bickering cnns Melanie Zanona is live for us in white sulfur springs, West Virginia where this retreat is taking place. Melanie, nice gig. What are you hearing . From lawmakers who did show up apparently we lost Melanie Zanona as sound
Maria happy weekend all, welcome to the program analyzes the week that was in position you for the week ahead. I am Maria Bartiromo as congress wrestles with the fate of tiktok another pressing National Security issue with china is happening at her own backyard, goshen a chinese electric Vehicle Manufacturers building a manufacturing in michigan that could be used by the Chinese Communist party to spy on the United States were worse thats according to top officials. Watch. I dont think theres any question the get to take advantage of the situation and add to be very vigilant of what the hell is going on. That is just the way they operate, they will establish a manufacturing unit in whatever they can and then they will use that for their own intelligence. They will engage in espionage, that is top of the list and they will use this in ways that will leverage chinese advantage these plans are deeply dangerous to our National Security and not be built. Maria the michigan plant would only
Todays legislation will end this abuse by preve controlled by foreign adversaries from targeting surveilling and manipulating the American People. We have giv a clear choice. Separate from your parent company, which is beholden to the c. C. P. , and remain operational in the United States or side with the c. C. P. And face the consequences. The choice is tiktok agencies. Companies control conscious tiktoks is tiktoks. Companies controlled by a foreign adversary like the c. C. P. Will never embrace american also have like freedom of speech, human right the rule of l. If give the choice, they will always choose the path for more control, more surveillance and more manipulation. And in the case of tiktok, we wouldnt 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 reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from washington reserves. The
Maria happy weekend all, welcome to the program analyzes the week that was in position you for the week ahead. I am Maria Bartiromo as congress wrestles with the fate of tiktok another pressing National Security issue with china is happening at her own backyard, goshen a chinese electric Vehicle Manufacturers building a manufacturing in michigan that could be used by the Chinese Communist party to spy on the United States were worse thats according to top officials. Watch. I dont think theres any question the get to take advantage of the situation and add to be very vigilant of what the hell is going on. That is just the way they operate, they will establish a manufacturing unit in whatever they can and then they will use that for their own intelligence. They will engage in espionage, that is top of the list and they will use this in ways that will leverage chinese advantage these plans are deeply dangerous to our National Security and not be built. Maria the michigan plant would only
O americans data, communication networks, devices and applications as the entry points to disrupt our daily lives and conduct espionage activities. And all of this endangers our National Security interests. We have a long history of restricting our tv and radio airwaves from ownership by foreign gernments and individuals due to the National Security concerns that these arrangements pose. Social Media Companies should also face similar scrutiny. After all while technology has evolved, the threats are very much the same. And i also take the concerns raised by the Intelligence Community very seriously. They have asked congress to give them more authority to act and narrowly in narrowly defined situations. I believe this bill will do just that by addressing the National Security risks posed by applications operated by companies controlled by foreign adversaries. While this bill establishes a National Security framework that could apply to other applications, much of the public attention is