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Tom Tiffany: “Are we whistling past the graveyard of China freedoms that…”

Featuring: Tom Tiffany, Republican | U.S. House Wisconsin, District 7

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Congressman Tom Tiffany Questions Cloud Act's Impact on Civil Rights and Cybersecurity

Published | Video Starts at 02:40

So it strikes me as I sit here and as we once again see the that we have spies amongst us from China and the surveillance that's gone on a spy balloon that flew over our country a few years ago. I mean, Are we whistling past the graveyard of China freedoms that aren't they the greatest threat here? I think that China poses a huge cybersecurity threat to the United States. And if countries like the UK can force our providers to disarm by removing encryption protection, then we're more vulnerable to that kind of surveillance and that kind of attack. (02:40–02:47)

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