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Congressman Pat Harrigan
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Congressman Pat Harrigan
@RepPatHarrigan
Congressman From #NC10, Green Beret, Bronze Star Recipient, Entrepreneur, Husband, Father, Serving on @HASCRepublicans and @HouseScience.
- If American companies can make it, why are we still buying it from overseas? That's the question I asked @SecVetAffairs in a bipartisan letter about the VA's procurement of personal protective equipment. Congress passed the Make PPE in America Act for a reason: to reduce our
- Imagine a thief who can't pick your lock today, but takes a photo of it, walks away, and comes back in five years with better tools. That is exactly what China is doing with American data right now, collecting everything they can get their hands on and waiting for quantum
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News: @RepPatHarrigan plans to codify Trump’s new quantum EO Plus, an analysis on the USG’s quantum industrial policy + the signal the EO sends to capital markets ⬇️ - With China controlling roughly 80% of cobalt production in the DRC, this is a meaningful step toward rebalancing a strategic advantage Beijing has held for far too long. @POTUS deserves credit for recognizing that economic security, industrial capacity, and national securityTrump gets major win against China in African rare earth minerals race foxnews.com/world/trump-ge…
- Looking forward to reading this. We've spent a lot of time talking about research theft and espionage, but the idea that taxpayer dollars may have been used to help train personnel tied to China's defense industrial base raises an entirely different set of questions. If true,Excited to announce that we have a big report publishing tomorrow, about how a U.S. state university used taxpayer money to train Chinese defense contractors. I'll be able to share some early embargoed copies, if you're interested, please let me know. Congressional and executive
- This Friday, Team Harrigan is bringing our office to Statesville. If you need assistance with a federal agency, have questions about a case, or just aren't sure where to start, our constituent services team will be on-site at the Iredell County Government Center from 11 AM to 2
- BREAKING: President Trump has signed two executive orders aimed at accelerating U.S. quantum computing capabilities and strengthening America's position in the global quantum race. The orders focus on advancing quantum research, workforce development, and federal coordination as
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BREAKING: President Trump has signed two executive orders aimed at accelerating U.S. quantum computing capabilities and strengthening America's position in the global quantum race. The orders focus on advancing quantum research, workforce development, and federal coordination as - A worthwhile read from @SecWar on why American strength remains the foundation of peace, stability, and prosperity. The world is changing quickly, and the cost of falling behind would be far greater than the cost of staying ahead.Hegseth: We must spend big on defense to save America’s economic might trib.al/3phDls2
- My team and I are already working to codify these executive orders into law. Quantum technology will define the next era of military power, economic strength, and technological leadership. America has the talent, the innovators, and the institutions to lead the world, but only🚨 JUST IN: President Trump signs two major executive orders on QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES "That will strengthen America's place as the WORLD LEADER in this very important, emerging field. I want to thank SecWar Pete Hegseth!"
00:00 - China only uses leverage it believes it has. Every sanction, export restriction, or supply chain threat is a reminder that America waited far too long to take industrial capacity seriously.China added MP Materials and USA Rare Earth, as well as eight other US entities it said are linked to the US military, to its export-control list in retaliation for Washington placing several Chinese companies under restrictions this month reut.rs/4f0wZzZ
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Get China out of our Pentagon supply chains. The current situation is indefensible.State-linked foreign capital has been flowing quietly into American venture capital funds for a decade, whose portfolio companies hold active contracts with the @DeptofWar and other federal agencies. The structures are legal, the identities are hidden, and Congress has largely
