telecommunications company posed a threat, a risk to u.s. national security and that hasn t changed. as recently as february, you had the director of the fbi, the head of the cia, all the other intelligence folks say, it s a bad idea to allow zte or huawei to be doing business in the united states. the federal trade commission has recommended that u.s. telecom companies not do any business with zte. so this is a national security issue which is why another part of the amendment that senator cotton and i proposed would prohibit u.s. government agencies from purchasing phones or equipment from zte. let me ask you about north korea. in the wake of the summit that president trump had with kim jong-un in singapore, do you believe that america is safer today from the north korean threat than it was on monday? i do not believe that the threat has changed and here s why. because north korea still has