The committee will come to order. Thank you all for coming today, i dont think all of you for being here. It is our honor to have the deputy secretary of state here to testify on u. S. Policy regarding peoples republic of china. I originally defaulting back in march, however, our need to focus on the Community Protests from doing that. It is important this committee continue its work on its most committing Foreign Policy challenges, obviously china is one of those. As a complete mistrust correctly recognized, china is a strategic in global competitor of the United States. It would be the greatest Foreign Policy challenge the United States faces in decades to come. Policies of the Chinese Communist party undermine u. S. Interests and values, as we share with partners around the world. Covid19 has brought this challenge the fork front of american life. We now know just how much the Chinese Communist partys decisions and actions directly affect u. S. Citizens, our allies and partners in t
And thank you for transcribing all that were doing. And thank you to cspan for covering us. Without objection, all members will have five legislative days within which to submit additional written questions. Just a few moments left in this testimony. Well go live now to capitol hill for a Senate Subcommittee hearing on data breaches and cybersecurity. Among the witnesses is the Vice President for microsoft. This is live coverage on cspan3. For two invited witnesses who apparently dont share your commitment to discussing this issues. One is for tiktok. If you dont know what tiktok is, you should. Its a chineseowned social media platform so popular among teens that Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly spooked. For facebook, the fear is lost social media market share. For the rest of us, the fear is somewhat different. A company compromised by the Chinese Communist party knows where your children are, knows what they look like, what their voices sound like, what theyre watching, and what they sh
The committee will come to order. Thank you all for being here. Id like to thank the Ranking Member senator white house and the collaborator its great to be here and doing this together. I was just saying i told him that it would be nice to have the answers because hes a tough questioner and he will take you to task. Id like to thank the witnesses for your attendance and also highlight two empty chairs today which i say that he invited witnesses who apparently dont share your commitment to discussing the issues. One is for tiktok. If you dont know what tiktok is, you should. Its a chinese owned social media platform so popular among teenagers mark is reportedly spoofed. For facebook the fear is lost to social media market share and for the rest of us it is somewhat different. A company compromised by the Chinese Communist party knows where your children are, what they look like, with their voicewhat theirvoices sound like watching and what they share with each other. They claim they do
The committee will come to order. Thank you all for being here. Id like to thank the Ranking Member senator white house and the collaborator its great to be here and doing this together. I was just saying i told him that it would be nice to have the answers because hes a tough questioner and he will take you to task. Id like to thank the witnesses for your attendance and also highlight two empty chairs today which i say that he invited witnesses who apparently dont share your commitment to discussing the issues. One is for tiktok. If you dont know what tiktok is, you should. Its a chinese owned social media platform so popular among teenagers mark is reportedly spoofed. For facebook the fear is lost to social media market share and for the rest of us it is somewhat different. A company compromised by the Chinese Communist party knows where your children are, what they look like, with their voicewhat theirvoices sound like watching and what they share with each other. They claim they do
This hearing is called to order. I want to thank you for your written testimony and prayer oral testimony and the answers to our questions. I asked that my written Opening Statement be put in the record. On to make a couple of comments about what i want to see the goal of the searing to be. Ive done this in a while but my chairman developed a statement to enhance the Economic Security of america for a more Efficient Government and the reason im pointing out today is i cant think of a hearing where that statement is more of likable. When we talk about 5g we talk about the Economic Opportunity in order to take advantage of that opportunity to avoid those Security Risks, we need more Efficient Government to step up in competing against what is becoming a friendly economic rival but adversary in the many cases on the line on the world stage in china. So, in terms of the definition of its product, im really hoping to be able to lay out a certified definition at lay out some priorities of th