Rep. Conaway bill would ban two Chinese telecom companies from government procurement deals

Rep. Mike Conaway of Texas, an influential House Republican who has led the Intelligence Committee's Russia election-meddling probe since last spring, plans a major push for legislation that would ban two Chinese telecom companies from federal government contracts over security concerns. The bill targets Huawei Technologies Company and ZTE Corporation, which deny any wrongdoing. “This is a tangible solution” to a long-running national security issue, a spokeswoman for Conaway said of the legislation, H.R. 4747 , introduced earlier this month...