House Communications Sets Telecom Infrastructure Security Hearing
The House Communications Subcommittee plans an April 30 hearing examining telecom infrastructure security, as expected (see 2504020078), the Commerce Committee said Wednesday. The subpanel previously planned to hold the panel April 8. “Our adversaries continually seek to exploit vulnerabilities in our communications infrastructure to jeopardize our national security, disrupt critical services, and steal Americans’ data,” said House Commerce Chairman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., and Communications Chairman Richard Hudson, R-N.C.
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As the U.S. “faces new and evolving threats, we must act quickly to strengthen our networks and support greater resilience by outpacing those who seek to do us harm,” Guthrie and Hudson said. They plan to examine “what steps Congress should take to ensure Americans continue to have access to secure and reliable networks.” The hearing will begin at 10 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn.
The House Oversight Foreign Affairs Subcommittee held a similar hearing in early April, where Republicans aimed to focus on strengthening U.S. telecom networks’ security after the 2024 Chinese government-affiliated Salt Typhoon hacking incident (see 2411190073), but Democrats put the spotlight on Trump administration officials’ leaked communications about plans for an airstrike in Yemen on the messaging app Signal.