Kathy Manning: “I thank my friend, Representative Malinowski, for yielding. I thank Chairman Meeks for his leadership in advancing this…”

“I thank my friend, Representative Malinowski, for yielding. I thank Chairman Meeks for his leadership in advancing this legislation to the floor, and the gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Kim), my friend, for partnering with me on this important bill. I rise today in support of my Securing Global Telecommunications Act, a bipartisan bill I introduced to help combat China's attempts to dominate the next generation of critical technology. Mr. Speaker, many of the products we use every day are connected to telecommunications networks, and they rely on a nearly invisible set of internationally agreed-upon standards. Our strategic competitors, Russia and China, want to gain an unfair advantage over these critical areas. They are determined to set the rules of the road for the next generation of critical technologies like 5G and AI. They are relentless in their efforts to provide their own companies, like Huawei and ZTE, with an unfair advantage while shutting out all competitors. This effort is not just about helping their businesses win. This is about controlling a key strategic domain, which poses serious risks and consequences for the U.S. and global security. That is because the PRC has demonstrated its willingness to abuse technology to steal data, conduct surveillance, and invade privacy, all to further its geopolitical agenda and bolster its model of a closed, authoritarian system of governance.…”