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Transatlantic Telecommunications Security Act

Floor Speech

Date: April 26, 2022
Location: Washington, DC

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Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge passage of the bipartisan Transatlantic Telecommunications Security Act that Congressman Kinzinger and I have introduced.

Central and Eastern European nations are working to develop the modern telecommunications infrastructure necessary to facilitate global connectivity in the 21st century. At the same time, China, through its Belt and Road Initiative, is strategically inducing dependence on its financing and technology to construct these projects, endangering liberty and security.

5G technology represents the future of global communications. We must not allow those who are hostile to freedom and democracy to dominate this technological space and undermine stability.

Our allies need American financing and partnership. Through the Transatlantic Telecommunications Security Act, let us construct and deploy the state-of-the-art networks that will spur economic prosperity and connect people and communities.

Mr. Speaker, I invite all my colleagues to join us in this bill. We must stand with our European allies against the threats posed by foreign adversaries. And please, help us pass the Transatlantic Telecommunications Security Act without delay.

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