Ted Cruz Questions Experts On Whether Spectrum Expansion Could Harm US Missile Defense

In his opening statement at today’s Senate Commerce Committee hearing titled “America Offline? How Spectrum Auction Delays Give China the Edge and Cost Us Jobs,” Chairman Ted Cruz (R-Texas) raised the alarm on the urgent need to auction spectrum to preserve America’s global technology leadership, protect national security, create millions of jobs, and improve the lives of American consumers. Spectrum auctions have unlocked billions for the Treasury while enabling our nation’s wireless networks to deliver better connectivity, fueling the rise of breakthroughs from the iPhone to generative AI.Sen. Cruz warned that the last administration’s bureaucratic dithering caused American spectrum leadership to lag, enabling Communist China to control communication networks worldwide. To end the spectrum drought and strengthen national security, we must restore the Federal Communications Commission’s spectrum auction authority and expand commercial access to mid-band spectrum.