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John Moolenaar: “China has used cranes in our ports to monitor what's going…”

Featuring: John Moolenaar, Republican | U.S. House Michigan, 2nd Congressional District

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Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI) on China, National Security & Competition with Beijing | 535

Published | Video Starts at 03:27

And so anytime you have them, whether it's routers, whether it's, you know, EVs with access to the Internet, drones, even cranes, we found that they've China has used cranes in our ports to monitor what's going in and out. of the port and can share that information back with the Chinese Communist Party. So we need to be very careful on this very strategic. (03:27–03:51)

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