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Committee hearings highlight rip‑and‑replace funding, standards and need for U.S. chip and router manufacturing
Summary
Members and witnesses urged sustained funding for the rip‑and‑replace program, adoption of supply‑chain standards, and long‑term investment in domestic semiconductor and router manufacturing to reduce reliance on adversary suppliers.
Members of the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee and industry witnesses discussed supply‑chain security, domestic manufacturing and standards as central elements of long‑term telecommunications resilience.
Ranking Member Doris Matsui and others highlighted the Secure and Trusted Communications Network Act and said Congress fully funded the rip‑and‑replace (rip‑and‑replace) reimbursement program in a prior Congress. Matsui told the panel, “Last congress, we…
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