CPA Urges Senate to Ensure Taxpayer Dollars Don’t Fund Chinese Semiconductors

WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) urged leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee to include an amendment in this year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would ensure American taxpayer dollars do not fund semiconductors made in China. The amendment is sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator…

CPA Letter to Senate Armed Services Committee Regarding Preventing U.S. Taxpayer Dollars from Funding Chinese Semiconductors

CPA sent the following letter to the leadership of the Senate Armed Services Committee in support of the Schumer-Cornyn amendment that would ensure taxpayer dollars are not spent on China-made semiconductors. The amendment would prohibit U.S. companies from doing business with Chinese microchip companies—notably, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC), ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), and Yangtze…