If you're hearing this right now, it means that our big tech overlords have not shut down this podcast yet.

Actually, those big tech overlords were just called in for a hearing at Capitol Hill, and they didn't have very much to say for themselves.

We will get into all of it.

This is verdict with Ted Cruz.

Thank you. get into all of it. This is Verdict with Ted Cruz. Welcome back to Verdict with Ted Cruz. I'm Michael Knowles. You want to talk about a slow bowl. This question was posed to Tim Cook of Apple and

Sondar Pichai of Google and Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook and Jeff Bezos at Amazon,

who it was kind of funny. He forgot to unmute his microphone.

This is one of the most powerful tech executives in the world.

Couldn't work the mic.

That was a sidebar.

The question was very simple.

Is China stealing U.S. technology?

Let's take a listen to their answers.

I have a question for all four, a yes or no answer. Do you believe that the Chinese government

steals technology from U.S. companies? Start with Mr. Cook.

I don't know of specific cases where we have been stolen from by the government.

So you don't believe that the Chinese government stealing technology from U.S. companies,

or you're just saying that not from yours?

I'm saying I know of no case on ours where it occurred, which is I can only speak to first-hand

knowledge.

Mr. Pichai, do you believe that the Chinese government steals technology from the United States companies?

Congressman, I have no first-hand knowledge of any information stolen from Google, Mr. Zucker.

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