{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://brooks.house.gov/media-center/news-releases/news-release-brooks-acts-block-chinas-purchase-critical-us-semiconductor", "Brooks Acts to Block China's Purchase of Critical U.S. Semiconductor Firm", "2016-12-09", "2016", "2016-12", "Republican", "House", "AL", "Mo Brooks", "B001274", "brooks.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C. \u2013 This week, Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) joined a group of bipartisan lawmakers in sending a letter to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), pushing back against the purchase of Lattice Semiconductor, the third-largest American producer of critical technology for U.S. military applications, by an American shell company financed by China\u2019s communist government.\nCongressman Brooks said, \u201cIn an alarming report, an American programmable-chip maker, Lattice Semiconductor, is to be purchased by a venture capital firm with ties to the Chinese government.\u00a0 The acquisition is a serious national security threat to the U.S. military supply chain and it is essential the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States bar this egregious attempt to harvest American technology by China.\u201d\nBrooks concluded, \u201cChina is attempting to steal valuable intellectual property, gravely endangering both America\u2019s national security and economic interests. \u00a0Moreover, the U.S. military relies on Lattice technology for critical military applications and the purchase could lead to a reliance on foreign-sourced technology.\u00a0 It is confounding that in our current state of global uncertainty CFIUS would unwisely allow this acquisition to move forward. \u00a0CFIUS should act decisively against this purchase and continue to protect American companies, employees, and technology from being usurped by foreign governments.\u201d\nFor the full text of the letter, please click HERE. \u00a0\u00a0\n\u00a0\n\u00a0\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://brooks.house.gov/media-center/news-releases/news-release-brooks-acts-block-chinas-purchase-critical-us-semiconductor"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.1627180501818657, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}