Chairman John Moolenaar of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party and Chairman Mark Green of the House Homeland Security Committee have expressed concern over recent cyber intrusions by China. In an op-ed published in Fox News, they outlined the need for a strong response following revelations that Chinese state-sponsored hackers had penetrated major U.S. cellular networks.

The People's Republic of China is accused of compromising more than a dozen telecom providers, capturing real-time phone call audio and text messages. Federal authorities described this as a "broad and significant cyber espionage campaign," which remains active.

The attack reportedly targeted President-elect Donald Trump, Vice President-elect J.D. Vance, and members of Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign staff. However, the full scope of victims remains unclear.

Moolenaar and Green criticized past responses to similar incidents, such as when China flew a spy balloon across the United States without facing diplomatic or economic repercussions. They emphasized that China's actions require a strategic shift from containment to imposing tangible consequences.

The lawmakers proposed several measures to counteract these threats. These include escalating sanctions against top Chinese Communist Party officials involved in human rights abuses, targeting China's national economic champions, and exposing senior CCP officials' personal fortunes.

Additionally, they advocated for granting government cyber operators greater latitude to conduct offensive operations and urged reforms in the U.S.'s cyber threat notification system to improve its speed and effectiveness.

In their view, defending America requires more than just firewalls; it demands proactive strategies that impose real costs on those responsible for aggressive acts against U.S. infrastructure.