On 9/10/2022, Vice President Harris delivered speech at the 2022 Democratic National Committee Summer Meeting in Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland. She said, “First, imagine — I don’t want to, but imagine if we lost our Democratic majority in the Congress.”

“And, you know, for me, as Vice President, I’m also president of the Senate. And — (applause) — and in our first year in office, some of the historians here may know I actually broke John Adams’s record of casting the most tiebreaking votes in a single term. (Laughs.) How about that? (Applause.) How about that? And so, that being the case, I cannot wait to cast the deciding vote to break the filibuster on voting rights and reproductive rights. I cannot wait. (Applause.) Fifty-nine days. Fifty-nine days … as communities are literally on fire. We made the largest investment to combat the climate crisis in history and deliver on environmental justice for people everywhere. (Applause.) And, yes, not one Republican voted with us …”

On 9/6/2022, during White House press briefing, a reporter asked Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, “CFIUS is reviewing the situation with TikTok. When do you expect that will resolve itself, that review? And will the administration, after that review, take any action to ban TikTok? Or short of that, how would the administration expect to address security concerns presented by the app by the government of China?”

SECRETARY RAIMONDO: Yeah, so as you say, it’s under review, and I have nothing more on that today.

Reporter: On what — on another thing that has been a ball in the air — China tariffs. I know USTR made an announcement about that last week, but that wouldn’t necessarily preclude the administration from lifting tariffs on some goods. Where does that stand right now?

SECRETARY RAIMONDO: Also I have nothing on that.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Go ahead. Alex? Oh, I’m sorry. (Laughs.)
Reporter: I was actually going to ask those very same questions.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Okay.

Reporter: If you don’t mind — if you don’t mind, though — on the tariff question, you know, it’s been in the public domain for quite some time. Is it fair to assume that’s not going to happen before the midterms?

SECRETARY RAIMONDO: I don’t have anything else to say.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: On topic?
Reporter: Yes.
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Okay. If it’s on topic, go ahead. (Laughs.)

Reporter: It’s really on topic. You talk about this — about this stringent review and the information is going to be posted by February. Bottom line for us: How quickly is an American going to get hired with this money? And how quickly before somebody is buying a phone with one of these American-made chips in it?

SECRETARY RAIMONDO: Yeah. So, great question. You —
Reporter: And then I have a follow-up to that.
SECRETARY RAIMONDO: You’ve already seen chip companies making big announcements.

Reporter: And do — you listed a very stringent list of criteria: It can’t be invested into stock buybacks; can’t be for chips that get made or sold in China, unless they’re for the Chinese market; a bunch of other things. Do you know that companies exist right now that are willing to meet those stringent demands? Do you check that before you publish them?

SECRETARY RAIMONDO: Yes.
Reporter: So they’re ready to go —
SECRETARY RAIMONDO: Yes.
Reporter: — with what’s there?
SECRETARY RAIMONDO: Yes.

Reporter: And do you at the Commerce Department then have the money necessary to hire those top-notch negotiators, the specialists —

SECRETARY RAIMONDO: Yes.
Reporter: — or do you need more from Congress? Because often —
SECRETARY RAIMONDO: Yes.

Reporter: — what ends up happening: We get a big government announcement — “multibillion dollars; here it comes from the federal government” — and three years later, we’re writing stories, telling stories about how that money was mismanaged and the department that was overseeing it didn’t have enough. You’re saying you do?

SECRETARY RAIMONDO: Yes, I do. What we’re doing right now is we’re in the process of hiring about 50 people. We do have the money. They will be expert. And I have absolute confidence we will be able to do this.

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