Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) released the following statement on the Justice Department's indictment of Huawei Technologies Company, Ltd. and its affiliates:
"Ordinary companies do not help rogue regimes like Iran evade U.S. sanctions, but Huawei is no ordinary company-it is effectively an intelligence-gathering arm for the Chinese Communist Party.
"Thanks to these indictments, we know more about China's collaboration with Iran, as well as its campaign of theft and economic sabotage against America. Huawei has played a key role in spreading China's spying capabilities around the world.
"Congress should act on this knowledge by passing my bipartisan bill, the Telecommunications Denial Order Enforcement Act. My bill would impose the death penalty on Huawei, which is precisely what it deserves for violating our sanctions."
For more on the Telecommunications Denial Order Enforcement Act, click here.
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