Funding the CHIPS and Science Act is a national security imperative
The Hon. Keith Krach
12.21.22
Source: The Hill
A few months ago, we celebrated the signing of the CHIPS and Science Act. This landmark bipartisan legislation will supercharge U.S. semiconductor production and boost the next generation of technological research to maintain our competitive edge over authoritarian adversaries such as China. But our country’s work was not finished on that August morning. To fulfill the promise of the CHIPS and Science Act, Congress must move quickly to fully fund the bill.
We’re urging action not as former public officials who held the same position — one in a Republican administration, the other in a Democratic administration — but as Americans committed to strengthening our country’s technology preeminence, geo-political leadership and security. The reality we face as a nation and the free world is one of ever-increasing cyber and military threats based on ceaseless variations of intense technological competition.
If China dominates 5G and 6G, no defense system can protect America
The Hon. Keith Krach and Brendan Carr
Americans of both parties recognize that the Chinese Communist Party threatens the free world with its multifaceted game of economic, military, diplomatic and cultural technologies.
The Cold With China Over AI Dominance Is Already Here
The Chinese regime is trailing in the AI-powered Fourth Industrial Revolution and needs help. “On their own, it’s unlikely that either China or Russia can best America in the race for artificial intelligence,” technology analyst Brandon Weichert told me. “Together, however, they can.”