Chairman John Moolenaar of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party addressed the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy today. In his speech, he focused on securing technologies that will shape the future.
"Semiconductors, AI, quantum computing—these aren’t just economic assets. They’re the backbone of national security, diplomacy, and global power," Moolenaar stated.
He expressed his opposition to lifting the ban on selling H20 chips to China. "The decision to lift the ban was done for a reason I very much agree with, that selling H20s to China further extends U.S. technology as the global standard and provides valuable revenue for U.S. companies that will be used to invest in the next tech generation. However, these are not the only objectives we must achieve," he said.
Moolenaar highlighted concerns about China's potential use of these chips in military applications: "The core objective of all U.S. export control restrictions to China is preventing the PLA from advancing their military capability, in this case AI, through U.S. technology."
He warned about China's ability to enhance its AI capabilities using American technology: "When, not if, these chips are diverted to a PLA supercomputer, they will substantially upgrade their ability to run advanced AI models."
Moolenaar emphasized U.S. dominance in both AI hardware and software: "If we are to win the AI race, we must be the global standard for both AI hardware and software while ensuring the U.S. military, not the PLA, has the advantage in AI."
Concluding his address with a firm statement: "We will not allow China to use American chips to build the arsenal of authoritarianism. But we will ensure the world runs on American AI."
Read Chairman Moolenaar's full remarks here.
