Mark Meadows: “I thank the gentleman for his leadership on this important piece of legislation and I rise in support of it. I can tell…”

“I thank the gentleman for his leadership on this important piece of legislation and I rise in support of it. I can tell you, there are a number of comments that are often made about Texas. We see that we have got Mr. McCaul; we have got Mr. Cuellar; we have got others behind me from Texas, and one of those sayings is that everything is bigger in Texas. But the more appropriate line here is, don't mess with Texas. And this legislation is all about making sure that our national security is put first and foremost at the highest priority to make sure that we are competing internationally, right now. Right now, our Chinese counterparts at Huawei are deploying this kind of technology in countries that we would normally associate as our allies. So Mr. McCaul is right in not only leading on this piece of legislation, but to stress the importance of competing now. Now, in part of my district we are looking for 1G, not 5G. We are just hoping for some kind of cellular service. But I can tell you, the country who builds it first will win on the national security level. They will win because consumers are looking for that next generation of technology as we become more dependent and reliant on our cell phones. Additionally, we have reports that would suggest that some of the people working for Huawei right now actually work for the Chinese Government as well; that it is not an independent company.…”