The congressional report was a bipartisan effort.And we hear first on this issue from the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, Maryland Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger. Congressman, I want to fill in some of the details here.Did your investigation find specific evidence that these companies have engaged in spying or espionage, or is it more that they might do something in the future? No, our investigation which started a year ago, a bipartisan investigation, we looked at the connection between these two major companies, and we also looked at their connection to the Chinese government. We―I personally met with the chairman of Huawei, the founder of Huawei, in Hong Kong and questioned him and also representatives from ZTE.We asked them hard questions. And they refused to give us specific answers. One of the responses to our question and to our recommendation for them to give us these answers was that: We can not give you these answers pursuant to our Chinese law at this time.Our concern really was a national security concern. But it's also a concern about competition. You know, we do not want a―the Chinese government to have the ability to spy on Americans who might be Huawei or ZTE customers.We do not want them to be able to spy on our businesses. And let me just say this. Last year, the United States―pursuant to Cyber Command, the United States lost over $300 billion of trade secrets.That's $300 billion of trade secrets as a result of cyber attacks.
