2021 Peace and War Virtual Summit to feature pair of discussions Even amid polarized partisan division on everything from coronavirus relief to infrastructure proposals, Congress does have at least one bipartisan bill. It addresses Chinese competition in technology, and will get scrutiny Wednesday. The same day, the Virtual Peace and War Summit at Norwich University will address the same U.S.-China technology race in two online sessions. The John and Mary Frances Patton Peace and War Center is presenting the summit, in the seventh week of an eight-week run. In Congress on Wednesday, the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on the Endless Frontier Act, co-sponsored by Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., the Senate majority leader and Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind. The measure, first proposed in 2020, calls to allocate $110 billion over five years to advance U.S. technology to better compete with China, particularly developing semiconductors and investing in quantum computing.