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Maria Cantwell: “A proposal that basically helps China right now is not, not…”

Featuring: Maria Cantwell, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Washington

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Protecting America's Spectrum: A Fireside Chat with Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA)

Published | Video Starts at 25:16

But also it's empowering China because it's the one area where they already are in the lead. And so the United States can lead in wireless, it can lead in these technologies of the future. But A proposal that basically helps China right now is not, not what I would say is the way to beat the competition. And I think the House version had a protection for the 6 GHz, but the Senate does not now, one band that the Senate version, in addition to the low three does protect is in the seven to eight gigahertz. (25:16–25:26)

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Asserts that a current proposal would benefit China and is not competitive.

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