RUSH TRANSCRIPT Counterterrorism is ░░░░░░░░ to order I want ░░░░░░░░ welcome everybody to today ░░░░░░░░ hearing the title of ░░░░░░░░ is a time for ░░░░░░░░ oversight of met as ░░░░░░░░ relations and representations to ░░░░░░░░ United States Congress As ░░░░░░░░ me to say as ░░░░░░░░ began this is a ░░░░░░░░ that Facebook has tried ░░░░░░░░ to prevent Facebook as ░░░░░░░░ of the most powerful ░░░░░░░░ in the world It ░░░░░░░░ one of the most ░░░░░░░░ companies in the history ░░░░░░░░ the world and they ░░░░░░░░ stopped at absolutely nothing ░░░░░░░░ prevent today s testimony ░░░░░░░░ ve absolutely gone to ░░░░░░░░ To try to prevent ░░░░░░░░ I witnessed today is ░░░░░░░░ whistleblower and not just ░░░░░░░░ whistleblower but a longtime ░░░░░░░░ at Facebook She worked ░░░░░░░░ with Mark Zuckerberg and ░░░░░░░░ Sandberg Sanders and the ░░░░░░░░ the Facebook brass She ░░░░░░░░ a part of the ░░░░░░░░ brass and they have ░░░░░░░░ scorched earth to prevent ░░░░░░░░ from telling what she ░░░░░░░░ They ve suter They ░░░░░░░░ sought a gag order ░░░░░░░░ her They have big ░░░░░░░░ to take her book ░░░░░░░░ of the shelves They ░░░░░░░░ to get it stop ░░░░░░░░ me printed in the ░░░░░░░░ place They have threatened ░░░░░░░░ get this with fifty ░░░░░░░░ dollars in punitive damages ░░░░░░░░ time she mentions Facebook ░░░░░░░░ public fifty thousand dollars ░░░░░░░░ time she mentions Facebook ░░░░░░░░ public even if the ░░░░░░░░ that she is making ░░░░░░░░ true and even as ░░░░░░░░ sit here today Facebook ░░░░░░░░ attempting her total and ░░░░░░░░ financial ruin They are ░░░░░░░░ to destroy her personally ░░░░░░░░ are attempting to destroy ░░░░░░░░ reputation and I question ░░░░░░░░ why why is it ░░░░░░░░ Facebook is so desperate ░░░░░░░░ prevent this witness from ░░░░░░░░ what she knows What ░░░░░░░░ it that they are ░░░░░░░░ afraid of what we ░░░░░░░░ going to find out ░░░░░░░░ and I think that ░░░░░░░░ ve already got a ░░░░░░░░ of it s Sarah ░░░░░░░░ williams knows the truth ░░░░░░░░ Facebook that s what ░░░░░░░░ fear She knows that ░░░░░░░░ Mark Zuckerberg now claims ░░░░░░░░ be a champion of ░░░░░░░░ United States and claims ░░░░░░░░ be a free speech ░░░░░░░░ He in fact worked ░░░░░░░░ in glove with the ░░░░░░░░ communist party for Four ░░░░░░░░ he in fact made ░░░░░░░░ his business model He ░░░░░░░░ fact developed censorship tools ░░░░░░░░ the Chinese communist party ░░░░░░░░ use against it s ░░░░░░░░ people He in fact ░░░░░░░░ Americans own user data ░░░░░░░░ was willing to make ░░░░░░░░ available to Beijing The ░░░░░░░░ is Facebook and Mark ░░░░░░░░ have lied to the ░░░░░░░░ people repeatedly and I ░░░░░░░░ we ll will see ░░░░░░░░ They have lied to ░░░░░░░░ as well It s ░░░░░░░░ for this to stop ░░░░░░░░ s why this committee ░░░░░░░░ launched a full scale ░░░░░░░░ into the potential illegal ░░░░░░░░ of Facebook Today s ░░░░░░░░ is one step in ░░░░░░░░ investigation miss when williams ░░░░░░░░ is absolutely essential to ░░░░░░░░ investigation That s why ░░░░░░░░ invited her to be ░░░░░░░░ today and it is ░░░░░░░░ except at Facebook does ░░░░░░░░ want you to hear ░░░░░░░░ she has to say ░░░░░░░░ dare say China probably ░░░░░░░░ t want you to ░░░░░░░░ what she has to ░░░░░░░░ but we are going ░░░░░░░░ get the truth and ░░░░░░░░ re going to get ░░░░░░░░ truth Starting now I ░░░░░░░░ delighted to have with ░░░░░░░░ the ranking member both ░░░░░░░░ subcommittee and for the ░░░░░░░░ Judiciary Committee senator durbin ░░░░░░░░ over to him. Thank chairman