Elise Stefanik: “Once again, I rise today in support of bipartisan legislation, the Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency or FACT…”

“Once again, I rise today in support of bipartisan legislation, the Foreign Adversary Communications Transparency or FACT Act. I will thank again our Energy and Commerce Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Chairman Latta, Ranking Member Pallone, and the entire committee for their support. Additionally, I will take the time to thank the previous chair of the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, Mike Gallagher; the current chair, Chairman John Moolenaar; and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi for their work this Congress in advancing public awareness of the dire threat that Communist China poses to America's prosperity and passing critical legislation to counter that critical threat. Communist China is using every tool at its disposal to conduct a coordinated campaign to surveil and collect information on Americans. One of the ways that the CCP is doing this is through infiltrating our telecommunications and technology markets. Despite this clear and present threat posed by Communist Chinese- controlled telecommunications company, many still maintain authorities to operate in the United States. Even worse, while some CCP-controlled companies like Huawei and ZTE have been publicly identified, there are other Communist Chinese telecom and tech companies that have not yet drawn public scrutiny.…”