U.S. Capitol Police says it has stopped using drones manufactured by a Chinese company.
Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., expressed concerns that the drones posed "a serious national security threat" to the United States.Drew Angerer / Getty Images fileWASHINGTON — U.S. Capitol Police said they have stopped using drones manufactured by a Chinese company, which had garnered some attention in Congress.
The agency's public information office told NBC News on Friday that it had gotten rid of the drones — made by, a Chinese drone manufacturer whose parent company is Autel Intelligent Technology — in May. The GOP senator, who has warned about the threat posed by China, also cautioned that by using the drones from Autel Robotics, Capitol Police was “actively undercutting ongoing bipartisan federal efforts to combat the widespread use of Chinese drones in other sectors of American life.”
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