Thad Cochran: “On the 11th of June, my Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation, and Federal Services of the Committee on…”

“On the 11th of June, my Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation, and Federal Services of the Committee on Governmental Affairs held a hearing on the subject of proliferation and U.S. dual-use export controls. The hearing focused almost entirely on the subject of U.S. exports of high-performance computers, also known as supercomputers. In preparing for and conducting this hearing, we learned that the administration's policy on supercomputers, which are an integral component for developing, producing and maintaining nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles, and practically all advanced weapon systems, could put American lives and interests at risk. I am offering this amendment as a necessary first step to staunch the flow of American-made supercomputers to countries and places they should not be going.”