CHAIRMAN MAST DELIVERS OPENING REMARKS AT HEARING ON ENDING SUPPLY CHAIN DEPENDENCY

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman issued the following statement:

Watch HereWASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast delivered opening remarks at a full committee hearing titled "Ending Supply Chain Dependency: Aligning Tools, Capital, and Partnerships." -Remarks-I want to thank you, Mr. Black, Mr. Hardy, and Mr. Petrie for being here today.This Congress, our committee, has spent a great deal of time focused on a simple but urgent challenge: The United States cannot remain dependent on China on any front - it makes no sense at all - or any other adversary, for that matter, for the materials, technologies, energy, and infrastructure that power our economy, keep our milit...