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By Federal Newswire | Sep 25, 2024
The House Judiciary Committee has passed the bipartisan Protecting American Industry and Labor from International Trade Crimes Act with unanimous support. The bill, introduced by Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI), Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (R-IA), and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), aims to combat trade crimes such as fraud, duty evasion, and transshipment often committed by Chinese companies. The legislation directs the Department of Justice to establish a new structure dedicated to prosecuting international trade crimes.
By Federal Newswire | Sep 25, 2024
Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party and House Homeland Security Committee Republicans have introduced a new bill to address increasing cyber threats from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) targeting critical infrastructure. Chairman Moolenaar and Representative Laurel Lee (R-FL) led the effort with the Strengthening Cyber Resilience Against State-Sponsored Threats Act, which aims to establish an interagency task force. This task force will be led by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the...
By Federal Newswire | Sep 25, 2024
Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party participated in a panel discussion at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation's annual China Forum this morning.
By Federal Newswire | Sep 25, 2024
Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party recently engaged in a bipartisan discussion at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). The event focused on potential risks posed by certain Chinese companies to U.S. national security.
By Federal Newswire | Sep 24, 2024
Yesterday evening, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party and Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) spoke at an event organized by the Alexander Hamilton Society. The event, titled "Back in Class: Foreign Funding & Malign Influence on U.S. Higher Education," addressed concerns about foreign influence in American universities.
By Federal Newswire | Sep 24, 2024
Chairman John Moolenaar of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party has written to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, highlighting concerns about Chinese state-subsidized LCD and OLED companies. Moolenaar points to BOE Technology Group and Tianma Microelectronics Co. as significant threats to U.S. economic and national security due to their dominance in global display markets through state subsidies.
By Federal Newswire | Sep 24, 2024
Four Commissioners from the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) have urged trade representatives of the United States, Canada, and Mexico to enhance the enforcement of forced labor import prohibitions under the United...
By Federal Newswire | Sep 23, 2024
Following a year-long investigation, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party and Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) of the House Education and Workforce Committee revealed that hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. federal research funding over the last decade have contributed to China’s technological advancements and military modernization. The lawmakers found that Americans collaborated with Chinese researchers on nearly 9,000 joint research publications funded by the Department of Defense or the Intelligence Community....
By Federal Newswire | Sep 20, 2024
A report from Adam Savit and Royce Hood of the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) said that to better counter threats posed by China, the authority of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS) must be expanded. Savit and Hood released their report on September 18.
By Federal Newswire | Sep 19, 2024
A watchdog group has raised concerns over the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) five-year investigation into the sourcing of nonhuman primates (NHPs) from Cambodia, calling it a failed operation that may have given China an edge in vaccine research.
By Federal Newswire | Sep 19, 2024
Today, the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party is holding a hearing titled "How the CCP Uses the Law to Silence its Critics and Enforce its Rule."
By Federal Newswire | Sep 19, 2024
Representative Chris Smith and Senator Jeff Merkley, leading the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), convened a hearing to address the plight of wrongfully detained Americans in China.
By Federal Newswire | Sep 19, 2024
The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party convened this morning to discuss "How the CCP Uses the Law to Silence its Critics and Enforce its Rule." The hearing featured testimony from Jamil Jaffer, Founder and Executive Director of the National Security Institute; Anna Puglisi, Visiting Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution; and Dr. Jill Goldenziel, Professor at the National Defense University, College of Information and Cyberspace.
By Federal Newswire | Sep 18, 2024
Senator Marsha Blackburn said that passing the Kids Online Safety Act would help prevent fentanyl-related deaths by stopping social media platforms from allowing drug sales. Blackburn shared her statement in a Sept. 16 post on X.
By Federal Newswire | Sep 18, 2024
Rep. Rob Wittman, head of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Critical Minerals Working Group, said that the U.S. faces challenges in its critical mineral production capabilities, such as workforce shortages. Wittman shared his statement during a roundtable on September 11.
By Federal Newswire | Sep 18, 2024
WASHINGTON D.C. -- This morning, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party delivered remarks as the featured speaker at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation's event "Can China Innovate in Advanced Industries?"
By Federal Newswire | Sep 18, 2024
Representative Chris Smith and Senator Jeff Merkley will lead a hearing to address the issue of Americans unjustly detained in China.
By Federal Newswire reports | Sep 17, 2024
Michael Quinn Sullivan is publisher of Texas Scorecard and host of the Texas Minute podcast. He produced “Red Power,” a documentary on China’s involvement in the US energy sector.
By Federal Newswire | Sep 17, 2024
WASHINGTON D.C. — Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, alongside Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-MD), introduced the Federal Acquisition Security Council (FASC) Improvement Act of 2024. This bill aims to enhance the Council’s ability to protect the federal supply chain from entities owned or controlled by foreign adversaries by excluding such...
By Federal Newswire | Sep 17, 2024
Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party and Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D. (R-NC), have urged U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen to include U.S. Coast Guard facilities and other sensitive sites under the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). In their letter, they also requested that CFIUS reviews be held retroactively when a site is newly added to CFIUS’s list of sensitive sites.
