Removal and Replacement of China-Linked Devices Ongoing, but CCP Risks Still Loom: FCC Chair

Brendan Carr warns threats from the Chinese Communist Party are still a major concern in telecom equipment in the United States.

Federal Communication Commission Chair Brendan Carr testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Communications and Technology Subcommittee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 5, 2019. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr told lawmakers that threats from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are still a major concern in telecom equipment in the United States. 

Carr warned members of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services during a May 21 hearing that despite work to remove Chinese equipment from U.S. networks, there is still a lot to be done.