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After leading the fight for years to ban the federal government from buying Chinese-made drones, my American Security Drone Act finally passed and was recently signed into law.

This is a huge win in our fight against Communist China because this bipartisan bill, which was co-led by Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., and led by Reps. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., and Joe Courtney, D-Conn., in the House, stops a major method of exploitation used by Communist China and other evil regimes that want to hurt Americans and spy on our military, families and businesses.

Communist China’s commitment to spying on America was on full display last year as we watched its spy balloon soar across the United States. While that balloon made a lot of headlines as worried Americans felt the tensions of a possible threat to the homeland for the first time in several decades, my drone bill met resistance in Congress. Thank goodness it passed.

A drone is displayed at the military parade in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, on Sept. 3, 2015. (Simon Song/South China Morning Post via Getty Images)

You have to think of every drone made in Communist China just like that balloon. Each one has the ability to gather data or carry harmful payloads across America’s military installations, and........

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