Washington, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will convene a hearing at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 14 entitled “Modernizing Export Controls: Protecting Cutting-Edge Technology and U.S. National Security.”

Chairman Royce on the hearing: “As technology advances, U.S. export controls must do the same. This hearing is an opportunity to examine the bipartisan legislation I’ve introduced to modernize our regulatory control system – making it more efficient and transparent – so we can better address the threat foreign adversaries pose to our national security in today’s digital age.”

What:
Hearing: Modernizing Export Controls: Protecting Cutting-Edge Technology and U.S. National Security

When:
10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 14

Where:
2172 Rayburn House Office Building

Witnesses:
The Honorable Mario Mancuso
Partner
Kirkland and Ellis, LLP
(Former Undersecretary of for Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce)

The Honorable Kevin Wolf
Partner
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld, LLP
(Former Assistant Secretary for Export Administration, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce)

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