Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Texas, is adding cosponsors to his bill banning Chinese telecom companies Huawei and ZTE from government contracts due to cybersecurity concerns. But it’s unclear whether supporters will try to move the measure through the normal committee process, or perhaps tack it to a must-pass spending bill later in the year.
The bill has also triggered debate over whether it would actually improve cybersecurity and whether it’s being pursued for economic as well as national security reasons.
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