Lawmaker Sees ‘Moonshot Moment’ for All-Out Effort to Propel US Tech, Fight China Threat

While fending off Chinese efforts to steal American technology remains top-of-mind, some lawmakers are excited about the recent scientific breakthrough involving fusion energy.
“It feels like this is a moonshot moment for us,” U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) told fellow members of a congressional committee examining China’s technology threat.
U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), in an undated photo. (Courtesy of the U.S. House of Representatives)
“And, we need a moonshot-style national effort to make fusion energy a reality,” he said at a Feb 28 hearing on Capitol Hill.
“Let’s move Heaven and Earth, an all-of-government approach, [with the] private sector. This is our moonshot moment.”…}