[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 26, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H4461]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             TRANSATLANTIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECURITY ACT

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  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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