Yesterday, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party sent a letter to Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel of the Federal Communications Commission concerning a recent transaction involving Zhejiang Dahua Technology (Dahua), a leading video surveillance equipment manufacturer from the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and Chinese Communist Party wrote to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo about the threat of China’s growing silicon photonics industry, which represents the next front in semiconductor competition, and the need to bolster domestic innovation in this field. Photonics is a technology that relies on light particles to transmit information.

WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Chairman John Moolenaar today released the statement below following reports that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC)-manufactured chips have fueled Huawei artificial intelligence (AI) accelerators, in a major circumvention of US export controls.

“Reports that cutting-edge TSMC-manufactured chips have contributed to Huawei’s AI development represent a catastrophic failure of US export control policy. AI accelerators, like the one that these chips fueled, are at the forefront of our technology race with the CCP, and I fear the damage done here will have significant consequences for our national security. Congress needs immediate answers from both BIS and TSMC about the scope and volume of this disaster. The U.S. government must take immediate steps to ensure this does not happen again.” 

WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party today sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo urging Commerce to continue taking action to address the national security threat of Huawei by addressing its buildup of clandestine semiconductor facilities used to circumvent US law, and restrict the flow of US-produced semiconductor manufacturing equipment (SME) to Huawei and its clandestine chip network.