Senate Homeland leaders introduce bill to expand FCC’s rip-and-replace program

Senate Homeland Security Chairman Ron Johnson (R-WI) and ranking member Gary Peters (D-MI) are proposing to expand the number of rural telecoms eligible to receive funds under the FCC’s rip-and-replace program for Huawei and ZTE services, in a new bill recently introduced.

“The vulnerabilities associated with the development and deployment of 5G technology, especially the threat posed by China, are one of the 'generational threats that will shape our nation’s future,' as the FBI recently put it,” Johnson said in...