House Appropriations Committee unanimously votes to keep ZTE export ban intact despite Trump's tweet

Last weekend, a tweet from President Donald Trump surprised many when he called for the Commerce Department to repeal the U.S. export ban that it had placed on Chinese phone and network equipment manufacturer ZTE. Without access to U.S. software, hardware and components, ZTE has had to basically shut its doors. Despite many comments he made during the presidential campaign that called out China for stealing U.S. jobs, Trump showed unusual concern for those in China losing their jobs at ZTE ("Too many jobs in China lost," the president wrote in the tweet).
"Supporting this amendment will show that the U.S. government stands behind the sanctions that it enacts, and will enforce them. It also further prevents foreign companies beholden to their governments from further infiltrating our U.S. networks."-Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD.)
Back in 2012, the House Intelligence Committee suggested that ZTE and fellow Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei both be banned from the U.S. The report called both companies a threat to the national security of the U.S. due to their ties with the Chinese government. Earlier this year, President Trump used national security as his reason to block Broadcom's attempted purchase of Qualcomm. The contradiction has baffled many technology analysts.