{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/tuberville-scott-introduce-bill-to-ban-ccp-backed-alipay-app-from-u-s/", "Tuberville, Scott Introduce Bill to\u00a0Ban CCP-Backed Alipay App\u00a0from U.S.", "2025-10-28", "2025", "2025-10", "Republican", "Senate", "AL", "Tommy Tuberville", "T000278", "www.tuberville.senate.gov", "tuberville", "https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. Senators Rick Scott (R-FL) and Jim Justice (R-WV) in introducing the No Alipay Act to stop the use of Alipay, a Chinese digital payment platform, in the United States. Alipay collects sensitive personal and financial data from more than a billion users worldwide, posing a serious risk to American national security.\n\n\u201cTwo years ago, Joe Biden sat on his hands while China sent a spy balloon over our entire country,\u201d said Sen. Tuberville. \u201cThankfully, those days are over. President Trump and his administration are working every day to hold China accountable and protect American citizens. We know China\u2019s playbook\u2014they want to spy on every single American and steal as much information as they can. There\u2019s no reason why we should be using CCP-backed banking services in the United States. I\u2019m proud to join my colleagues in making sure China doesn\u2019t have a foothold in our banking.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Chinese Communist Party has made it clear that it will use every tool available to spy on Americans and steal our data, and apps like Alipay are no exception,\u201d said Sen. Scott. \u201cAmericans don\u2019t want their personal and financial information being funneled straight into the hands of the Communist Chinese regime to use against us \u2013 it\u2019s a threat to their lives and national security. My No Alipay Act will close another door that could allow a CCP-controlled entity to access our financial systems and spy on U.S. citizens. I\u2019m proud to lead this effort with my colleagues in the Senate, Senators Tuberville and Justice, and Congressman Ogles in the House to keep Americans and their data safe from Communist China.\u201d\n\nCongressman Andy Ogles (R-TN-05) led the effort in the U.S House of Representatives.\n\nRead full text of the legislation here.\n\nMORE:\n\nTuberville, Ricketts Fight for American Technology Dominance\n\nTuberville, Budd Call for Inquiry into Chinese AI Application on Pentagon Devices\n\nTuberville, Banks Move to Protect Americans\u2019 Financial Data From the CCP\n\nTuberville Leads Letter Encouraging Trump to Bolster Offensive Cyber Capabilities Against China\n\nTuberville Leads Letter Calling for DOJ, SEC Investigation into China-Tied Crypto Firm Prometheum, Inc.\n\nTuberville, Colleagues Call for Investigation into Stock Trading Platforms with Ties to China\n\nSenator Tommy Tuberville represents Alabama in the United States Senate and is a member of the Senate Armed Services, Agriculture, Veterans\u2019 Affairs, HELP and Aging Committees.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:32:54Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.tuberville.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/tuberville-scott-introduce-bill-to-ban-ccp-backed-alipay-app-from-u-s/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.6582760252058506, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}