“This is an existential struggle for what life will look like in the 21st century.” - Chairman @RepGallagher opening the first hearing of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party 
“We seek a durable peace. That’s why we have to deter aggression… The CCP is counting on us being divided. We must prove them wrong.” - Ranking member @CongressmanRaja #ChinaCommittee
Two protesters tried to disrupt the hearing and were escorted out by security.
Here’s the second protester. After he was ejected, Gallagher said somebody should have told him his sign was upside down. 😂
Matt Pottinger said the risks of @tiktok_us operating in the US cannot be mitigated. “It gives the CCP the ability to manipulate our social discourse, the news, to censor or repress or amplify what millions of Americans read.”
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