we have two projects in iran telecom. we have moved forward with the najmai or nafs jihadi fiber development project and the unespi project, which was also the policy of the ministry . we started these two projects at the same time, and we are moving forward, and in the access layer of the iranian telecommunications company , the limit of 100,000 fet is 100,000. fet, which is the fibriye terminal , we went beyond for businesses, neighborhoods, and residential areas and... and this continues. provincial telecommunications managers said about the progress of the work and the future path, we were able to cover 25 cities within a year. we have covered north khorasan province by carrying out a 650-kilometer long drilling and fiber installation project. nearly 15,000 households in the province were covered in bakhshti h. after the completion , we immediately started the connection operation until this moment when we are at your service. nearly 2,500 subscribers have been connected to 43 cities in our province. we have now reach

of escalation has become even more critical earlier the radio and supremely, the i a telecom and they said that iran will fully support has the law. now that's the desk of no sort. lesbian confirms what do you think to runs next? actions could be do you think this could be the tipping point where we see the conflicts ask, are they seeing buildings control? oh yes, it is going to be escalated to any way, but i believe that the the v is a bar talk leased from the old one and go in a landing page and development labels that would be very, very cost speech. and as i mentioned just as low as that and the bar anyway, so what it wanted to do is to bugs the whole air. yes, they do, digital war and war gets to have the americans being born in this one spot to get out there. especially age exist. i taught to do or so era to poor. i'm going to the c 9. now. iran so far, the older statements coming from that on the, on, not that much invested in going into uh that in general, or if it actually was more on them. so this is something you guys now everybody's creating. yeah, i try to bring the americans into this

iran and others. this will help shine a light on the malign access and influence communist chinese companies have inside our tech and telecom markets. we cannot allow companies controlled by the c.c.p. or other foreign adversaries to have unfettered and unknown access to our telecommunications infrastructure. this legislation will give americans much-needed transparency and pave the way for future action to counter these adversarial owned listed companies. i urge my colleague to join me in supporting this bill to counter the influence of communist china and others on america's telecommunication infrastructure. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio reserves. mr. latta: i reserve and we have no further speakers. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized. mr. pallone: thank you, mr. speaker. i would again urge support for this important legislation to protect us on a bipartisan basis. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized. mr. latta: thank you, mr. speaker. this legislation came out of the energy and commerce commi