Edward Markey: “It's time for us to, in my opinion, pass the legislation…”

“Let's pass that law on the Senate floor, not just for TikTok, but for the American companies as well, which invented this targeting of children that's invented here, the targeting of children, exploiting of teenagers, causing this mental health crisis in our nation. So It's time for us to, in my opinion, pass the legislation that has been objected to by the, by my colleagues on the Republican side of the aisle. so that the President has the time to negotiate with the Chinese, with TikTok about the national security issue, so that it's divest.” (46:17–46:30)

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