McCarthy Defends Opposition to IIJA During N.Y. 5G Gearmaker Visit
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., touted U.S.-based 5G equipment manufacturer JMA Wireless, during a Wednesday tour of its Syracuse, New York, campus as “critical” to countering Chinese efforts to lead in the technology’s development, while defending his votes against the…
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2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and 2022 Chips and Science Act. “I don’t want government controlling and picking the winners and losers” in telecom and other technology, McCarthy said during a news conference. "I actually like the private sector, exactly what JMA is doing. It’s their investment of $50 million that created something, and now government can be a partner.” McCarthy, who toured JMA before a Wednesday fundraiser for freshman Rep. Brandon Williams, R-N.Y., said the lawmaker is advising other GOP members on tech issues. Williams is a House Science Committee member. Williams, who won his first House election last year, wasn't in Congress for the IIJA and Chips measure votes. “You want a member that understands technology,” McCarthy said. “Look at what” Williams “was doing in technology and his business before he became a member of Congress. He knows what’s happening.”