{"id":1950205,"date":"2023-06-18T03:10:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T07:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-aims-to-strip-trojan-horse-chinese-drones-from-all-levels-of-government\/"},"modified":"2023-06-18T03:13:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T07:13:05","slug":"congress-aims-to-strip-trojan-horse-chinese-drones-from-all-levels-of-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-aims-to-strip-trojan-horse-chinese-drones-from-all-levels-of-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress seeks to remove Chinese drones from all government levels, labeling them as &#8216;Trojan horses&#8217;."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcongress-aims-to-strip-trojan-horse-chinese-drones-from-all-levels-of-government%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1950205&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Bipartisan Effort to Protect National Security<\/h2>\n<p>A groundbreaking bipartisan initiative in the House aims to safeguard the United States from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/foreign-adversary-systems-classified-report-from-u-s-military-shines-more-light-on-ufos\/\" title=\"\u2018Foreign Adversary Systems\u2019: Classified Report From U.S. Military Shines More Light On UFOs\">potential threats posed<\/a> by Chinese drones. Reps. Dave Joyce (R-OH) and Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) have joined forces to introduce the Securing Our Airspace from Reconnaissance Act. This move comes as Congress seeks to distance itself from the hostile nation and protect the nation&#8217;s interests.<\/p>\n<h3>Concerns Over Chinese Intelligence Gathering<\/h3>\n<p>The lawmakers are deeply concerned that the Chinese Communist Party could exploit intelligence and data collected from unsuspecting drone users across the country for unfriendly purposes. &#8220;They may seem innocent, surveilling traffic, or another machine could be programmed, for all we know, to be looking at other things, as well as sending that information back to China. We still know nothing,&#8221; Joyce emphasized in an interview with the Washington Examiner, referring to Chinese drones as nothing more than a &#8220;modern-day Trojan horse.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Heightened Calls for Vigilance<\/h3>\n<p>There is a growing chorus of voices in both parties urging the United States to reevaluate its relationship with China. This sentiment has been further fueled by incidents such as the blimp that was caught flying over the U.S. earlier this year. Auchincloss argues that Chinese-made drones pose a significant threat to national security, as they grant foreign companies access to sensitive data. This concern is particularly relevant when local, state, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-executive-order-mandates-divisive-unscientific-race-training-at-every-level-of-the-federal-government\/\" title=\"Biden Executive Order Mandates Divisive, Unscientific Race \u2018Training\u2019 At Every Level Of The Federal Government\">federal agencies employ<\/a> these drones for critical infrastructure and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/atf-will-not-release-information-about-hunter-bidens-guns-because-of-substantial-privacy-interests\/\" title=\"ATF Will Not Release Information About Hunter Biden\u2019s Guns Because Of \u2018Substantial Privacy Interests\u2019\">law enforcement purposes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Expanding the Ban on Chinese Drones<\/h3>\n<p>Currently, the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security are the only federal entities with bans on the purchase of Chinese-made drones. However, Joyce believes that China&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/india-and-china-foreign-ministers-hold-awkward-3-hour-meeting-in-new-delhi\/\" title=\"India and China Foreign Ministers Hold Awkward, 3-Hour Meeting in New Delhi\">long-term vision<\/a> of becoming the world&#8217;s most powerful nation necessitates a comprehensive approach to counter their actions. The proposed bill would prohibit all levels of the U.S. government from using official funds to acquire drones made in China or any other country of concern. Agencies seeking an exemption from the ban would face additional oversight, and Congress would be notified of all approved or renewed requests.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The SOAR Act will eliminate that vulnerability and instead spur U.S. manufacturing for drones,&#8221; Auchincloss stated, emphasizing the importance of protecting national interests and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-aims-to-strip-trojan-horse-chinese-drones-from-all-levels-of-government\/\" title=\"Congress seeks to remove Chinese drones from all government levels, labeling them as 'Trojan horses'.\">promoting domestic drone production<\/a>. The bill also mandates the expansion of partnerships between private-sector drone manufacturers in the U.S. and public agencies, further bolstering American capabilities in this critical field.<\/p>\n<h3>Support for the Initiative<\/h3>\n<p>Reps. Lance Gooden (R-TX) and Max Miller (R-OH) have already signed on as co-sponsors of the bill, demonstrating the broad support for this bipartisan effort to protect national security. The lawmakers believe that the best solution lies in purchasing drones and other technology from American companies, ensuring the nation&#8217;s interests are safeguarded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new bipartisan House initiative aims to prohibit the use of Chinese drones by federal, state, and local governments. This move by Congress reflects their efforts to create distance from the hostile nation. Reps. Dave Joyce (R-OH) and Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) introduced the Securing Our Airspace from Reconnaissance Act, expressing concerns over Chinese involvement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1950206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4117,4402,7237,5045,25987,4777,4630,4987,3814,17719],"class_list":["post-1950205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-chinese","tag-congress","tag-drones","tag-government","tag-horses","tag-labeling","tag-levels","tag-remove","tag-seeks","tag-trojan"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1950205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1950206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1950205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1950205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1950205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}