U.S. Senator Marco Rubio’s (R-FL) office will host in-person and virtual Mobile Office Hours next week to assist constituents with federal casework issues in their respective local communities. These office hours offer constituents who do not live close to one of...
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Rubio Slams CFIUS Approval of OpenFive Sale to Chinese-Funded Company
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) approved the sale of U.S.-based semiconductor IP developer OpenFive to Chinese-funded Alphawave IP Group. Alphawave, which touts its extensive business in China, is backed by Wise Road Capital, a Beijing-based private equity firm propped up by the Chinese Communist Party.
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), who requested a CFIUS review of the sale in April 2022, slammed the decision.
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“The Biden Administration is failing the American people. Faced by a crippling inability to produce its own cutting-edge tech R&D, China is making an aggressive play to buy and steal U.S. IP.
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“By failing to block this latest sale, the Biden Administration has yet again demonstrated its total unwillingness to take this threat seriously. American competitiveness will suffer in the long term as a result.” — Senator Rubio