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Several senators criticized what they characterized as a delay in the House-passed TikTok bill in the upper chamber as a pressing “national security concern” lingers.
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., told Fox News Digital the bipartisan bill to force the app to divest from Chinese company ByteDance or be banned in the U.S. is “100%” being delayed in the Senate.
The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, introduced in the House by representatives Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., and Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., passed by a bipartisan vote of 352-65, with one member abstaining.
The motive is to “kill it” in the Senate, Hawley said.
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He further claimed TikTok and China were responsible for the legislation being referred to the Senate Commerce Committee and Chairwoman Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., signaling her interest in various markups and potential public hearings, which would draw out the process for getting the measure to the Senate floor.
“As I said …
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