WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) joined U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) in sending a letter to President Donald J. Trump to express the strong support among Senate Republicans for the President’s peace through strength agenda and for increasing U.S. offensive cyber capabilities to reestablish deterrence against China. The letter outlines a series of China-backed cyber-attacks and espionage campaigns during the Biden administration that saw Chinese actors burrow into critical infrastructure systems, spy on millions of Americans—including President Trump himself—through compromised U.S. telecommunications providers, and hack into sensitive U.S. Government systems.
“Mr. President, it is clear that deterrence must be restored in the cyber domain. It is unacceptable for China and our other enemies to conduct such brazen cyber-attacks against our government and the American people. We urge you to take strong, decisive action to secure America’s critical networks from PRC threats. We stand ready to support you and your administration in imposing higher costs on adversaries who attack our country in the cyber domain, improving our cyber defenses, and increasing U.S. offensive capabilities to conduct cyber operations,” the senators wrote.
The full letter can be found HERE.
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Senator Tommy Tuberville represents Alabama in the United States Senate and is a member of the Senate Armed Services, Agriculture, Veterans’ Affairs, HELP, and Aging Committees.
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