Congress should move quickly to strengthen the federal government’s ability to oversee the activities of China’s major telecommunications companies operating in the United States, according to a bipartisan Senate subcommittee report issued June 9.
“Three Chinese state-owned carriers have been operating in the United States since the early 2000s, but only in recent years have the FCC [Federal Communications Commission], Department of Justice (DOJ), and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) focused on potential risks associated with these carriers,” states the report prepared by the Permanent Investigations Subcommittee of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee.
