Rep. Tiffany to Newsmax: Hegseth Could Act Fast

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will likely start working immediately to make the changes necessary for the military to ensure the U.S. remains strong on the world stage, and President Donald Trump's other Cabinet members will also do all they can to make America great again, Rep. Tom Tiffany told Newsmax on Sunday. 

"It is clear that our defense industry, our military, needs a top-down review," the Wisconsin Republican said on Newsmax's "Sunday Report." "Why would you wait? You've been given a mandate by the voters on Nov. 5, and President Trump expects results. I would go to work immediately if I were Secretary Hegseth, and I'm sure he will."

Hegseth was sworn into office Saturday, with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem following suit on Sunday. The other nominees that have been confirmed and sworn in are Secretary of State Marco Rubio and CIA Director John Ratcliffe. 

Tiffany also on Sunday discussed Trump's statements about being in talks with multiple companies interested in purchasing TikTok to keep the app open after Congress passed a law that the site must be blocked if it remains under the ownership of the Chinese company ByteDance. 

"The law now is that ByteDance has to give up TikTok, and that should be followed through," he said. "This is not about free speech. This is about national security. They need to divest the Communist Chinese and ByteDance from TikTok if they're going to operate here in the United States. Think about it. Tiktok is not using the form that is used in the United States in Communist China. Why would we allow it here in the United States when it's a national security threat?"

Tiffany, meanwhile, has sponsored the FAIR Act, which if passed would prevent the use of DEI initiatives in agencies, universities, and more that receive federal funding. 

"Rep. [Burgess] Owens from Utah and I have authored this, I believe, the two previous sessions of Congress, and while it didn't get a lot of attention because it didn't have a lot of chance of passage, I think it was important to put it out there," he said. "Now, with the action by President Trump, let's codify this rather than having this just for the next four years. … This is what America stands for, a merit-based society. And this would cement that. I believe it's going to get significantly more attention this session of Congress."

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