WASHINGTON D.C. –– Today, Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), chairman of the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security, announced a hearing for next Tuesday, May 6, to examine suspected efforts by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to build surveillance infrastructure in Cuba, just 90 miles off the United States’ coast.
 
“Currently, the Castro Regime and the Chinese Communist Party are conducting one of the most brazen intelligence operations against the United States,” Chairman Gimenez said. “The regime in Beijing is actively building surveillance infrastructure in Communist Cuba, which provides the CCP with sensitive information regarding U.S. military operations, commercial shipping, and space launches. I look forward to discussing ways we can counter this malign influence so we can prevent our adversaries from gaining a strategic foothold so close to our homeland. The United States cannot afford to overlook the CCP’s strategic partnership with Castro’s Cuba. Our national security depends on it.”
 
DETAILS:
 
What: A Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security hearing entitled, “Beijing’s Air, Space, and Maritime Surveillance from Cuba: A Growing Threat to the Homeland.”

When: Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at 10:00 AM ET 
 
Where: 310 Cannon House Office Building  
  
WITNESSES: 
  
Dr. Ryan C. Berg 
Director, Americas Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
  
Andrés Martínez-Fernández
Senior Policy Analyst, Latin America, Allison Center for National Security 
   
Witness testimony will be added here. The hearing will be livestreamed on YouTube and will be opened to the public and the press. Press must be congressionally credentialed and should RSVP in advance.  
 

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