Pelosi Statement on House Passage of Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act

Washington, D.C. – Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act passed on a large, bipartisan vote:

“Today’s overwhelming and bipartisan passage of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act is a strong statement of the Congress’s commitment to the security of our country and privacy of our data. 

“Let me be clear: this legislation is not a ban on TikTok.  I join my colleagues in recognizing the platform’s entertainment, educational and entrepreneurial value, especially among younger people.  Instead, this legislation would strengthen TikTok: keeping Americans’ data and control of the algorithm out of the hands of a foreign adversary.  In doing so, we protect against surveillance and influence operations that are hallmarks of the Chinese Communist Party.

“Repressed communities in China – from the Uyghurs to Tibetans to the people of Hong Kong, and others – are telling us that their stories of their suffering are being blocked or misrepresented on TikTok.  At the same time, the CCP is spreading propaganda to cover up its heinous abuses.  We cannot allow Beijing to bury the truth of its abysmal record on human rights.

“I urge the Senate to bring companion legislation to a vote as quickly as possible.”