Can you also confirm your fiscal 2024 budget request ensures that you have everything you need to address the crisis?

They are dead if you don't do something about it.

I feel like the vetting process remains seriously flawed.

There are deep concerns there. We have got, potentially, Chinese companies working with the Mexican Military to take adverse actions on U.S. assets.

As you think about the national security ramifications of what you do, and I am sure you do this every day, know that our staff stands ready to work with you.

It is going to be more complicated considerably by the way it is moving.

The mantra of Washington seems to be never let a good crisis go to waste.

I feel like the vetting process remains seriously flawed.

When I was serving in a previous role as United States Ambassador to Japan, the third largest economy in the world, we were able to get them to block untrusted carriers because of what had happened here.

I will weigh in a little bit further and if you will accommodate me.

Personally, I have introduced legislation, the 21st Century Free Speech Act that would ensure that all Americans have reasonable, nondiscriminatory access to Big Tech speech platforms.

That is why I was proud to contribute to and vote for the Taiwan Enhancement Resilience Act, TERA.

I could not agree with you more about the criticality of telecommunications infrastructure, particularly given the difficulties that we have had with Huawei, ZTE, and others that are trying to invade the entire 5G infrastructure system.

I was proud to contribute to and vote for the Taiwan Enhancement Resilience Act, TERA.

The strength of the covered list rests with the Commission's Equipment Authorization Program, and that predates the covered list.

I think more clarity here would be appreciated.

I think it is also important that our allies do the same.

The 2018 FAA reauthorization law included more than 40 provisions to improve the airline passenger experience.