Lawmaker Sees ‘Moonshot Moment’ for All-Out Effort to Propel US Tech, Fight China Threat

Witnesses testifying before a U.S. House of Representatives Committee were, from L: Kelvin Droegemeier, Deborah Wince-Smith, Kim Budil, and Klon Kitchen, during a hearing on Capitol Hill on Feb. 28, 2023. Janice Hisle/The Epoch Times via screenshot of video

While fending off Chinese efforts to steal American technology remains top-of-mind, some lawmakers are excited about the recent scientific breakthrough involving fusion energy.

“It feels like this is a moonshot moment for us,” U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) told fellow members of a congressional committee examining China’s technology threat.