Winning the AI Arms Race Against the Chinese Communist Party
2026-01-14
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Oren Cass
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Oren Cass
Committee on Foreign Affairs will come to order. I'm going to ask everybody, please rise. Join me in the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Good morning, everybody. Good morning to our witnesses. The purpose of today's hearing is to understand the importance of winning the AI arms race against the Chinese Communist Party and explore ways to ensure America dominates the defining technology of the 21st century. And I'm now going to recognize myself for an opening statement. Actually, I'm going to do a unanimous consent first. I do ask unanimous consent that the Chairman of the House Committee on Intelligence and Representative Crawford and Representative Moulinar of Michigan be allowed to sit on the dais and participate in today's hearing. Without objection, so ordered. Winning the AI arms race is key to America's national security and our economic security. The outcome of this race It directly affects military competitiveness of the United States of America versus China. It is that black and white. And because AI works to improve other AI, this is a very unique race where the further you get ahead, the further you get ahead. This committee worked hard to get smart on all things AI, otherwise known as the AI stack. We've heard from those who make chips, those who make the machines that make chips, those that model chips, those that use chips, and that will continue through the next year.
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It is a fact that the AI arms race directly impacts our military competitiveness with China. That cannot be disputed. Among many capabilities, advanced AI enables military command and control. AI powers intelligence. AI powers surveillance. It powers cyber operations. AI powers analysis and data crunching. It powers autonomous weapons and nuclear modernization. AI dominance can decide who sees first, who decides first, and who strikes first. Those are some of the stakes. The United States of America is in the lead we have an advantage over China. We know the pitfalls if China has an advantage over us. But in this circumstance, we have a clear advantage. That advantage did not happen by accident. America has amazingly creative people in amazing companies that innovate and continue to further advance the capabilities within our borders and beyond, in AI and a thousand other spaces. Right now, America is ahead. Right now, chips made by American companies are the best in the world. Right now, America's cloud companies power AI worldwide. Right now, our models dominate global markets. That dominance is because of our nation's inventors and thinkers and entrepreneurs. But that dominance cannot be taken for granted as China tries to catch up. Why? Because these chips, they're not just kids playing video games on an Xbox, playing war games. They affect real wars, real weapons, real war powers, and they will be a part of bringing about real casualties. If anything, this is the highest of compliments. Nvidia has made such good chips
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