The newly formed China Task Force, a House committee made up of 15 Republican lawmakers, is hoping to maintain the United States’ edge in designing advanced semiconductor chips—used to power nearly all electronic devices, from smartphones and computers to satellites and missile systems.
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), the leader of the task force and chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, called on Congress to secure semiconductor supply chains from “the threat posed by malign actors like the Chinese Communist Party.”
