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By Commerce Newswire Report | Feb 16, 2023
The popular fast-fashion company based in China is being questioned by a group of U.S. Senators over its use of cotton textiles traced to a region in China which uses forced labor.

By Tamara Browning | Feb 15, 2023
The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Arkansas) said during an oversight hearing held on Feb. 8 that he wants Americans to get the message that the U.S. is blessed with resources that can be developed.

By State Newswire Report | Feb 14, 2023
Stephen Yates, senior fellow and chair of the America First Policy Institute's (AFPI) China Policy Initiative, said South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem will be the keynote speaker at an AFPI event on Wednesday, where she will discuss her efforts to combat Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influence via TikTok and agricultural land purchases in South Dakota.

By State Newswire Report | Feb 14, 2023
A book, "Pandemonium: China's Global Strategy to Cripple America," penned by economic and trade expert Curt Ellis shortly before his death in 2021, is being published by Post Hill Press and is receiving praise from a number of policy experts, including Michael Pillsbury, director for Chinese Strategy at the Hudson Institute, and former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, who wrote the book's preface.

By State Newswire Report | Feb 13, 2023
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced on Feb. 6 his statewide model security plan to ban the app TikTok and other software on state government-issued devices.

By State Newswire Report | Feb 10, 2023
U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber (R-Minn.), chair of the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, criticized President Joe Biden for importing Chinese-owned critical earth minerals rather than mining the minerals domestically.

By State Newswire Report | Feb 10, 2023
Steve Yates of America First Policy Institute and South Dakota State Sen. Erin Tobin (R) detailed the threat China poses to American security in a recent op-ed with the Dakota Scout.

By State Newswire Report | Feb 9, 2023
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) said the U.S. needs answers about the Chinese surveillance balloon that passed over the country earlier this month.

By Commerce Newswire Report | Feb 9, 2023
House Energy and Commerce Committee Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chair Bob Latta (R-Ohio) said China is the greatest threat in the changing satellite communications marketplace.

By Karen Kidd | Feb 9, 2023
As the Chinese surveillance balloon made its way across the continental U.S. before being shot down this past weekend, a freshman Republican congressman from Arizona wondered aloud on social media what was taking so long

By State Newswire Report | Feb 8, 2023
U.S. Reps. Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.) and Chris Smith (R-N.J.) have reintroduced legislation that would require the president to assess China’s human rights record annually and use those findings to evaluate the status of U.S.-China trade.

By State Newswire Report | Feb 8, 2023
Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told State Newswire the Biden administration needs to stand up to China and address the national security threat posed by the Chinese balloon that flew over the U.S. before it was shot down Feb. 4.

By Karen Kidd | Feb 8, 2023
A Republican congressman from New Jersey called for "decisive consequences" the day before the shooting down of Chinese surveillance balloon this past weekend.

By Commerce Newswire Report | Feb 8, 2023
Many people are focusing on China adding renewable energy sources such as solar and wind to their energy production portfolio, but they are ignoring China's large-scale construction of other energy sources.

By State Newswire Report | Feb 7, 2023
Congressman Patrick McHenry (R-NC), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, recently said in a hearing that the Committee is committed to addressing the economic threats posed by China by doubling down on American values to outcompete China.

By Commerce Newswire Report | Feb 7, 2023
Florida Rep. Gus Bilirakis said the Chinese are turning their attention toward establishing new global standards for emerging technologies to create favorable environments for their companies.

By State Newswire Report | Feb 7, 2023
Steven Yates and Adam Savit of America First Policy Institute recently visited South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to support her efforts as well as advise legislators of the threat of the Chinese Communist Party on American land and influence.

By Tamara Browning | Feb 7, 2023
The chair of the America First Policy Institute’s China Policy Initiative has taken his campaign against the Chinese Communist Party’s ownership of American farmland to the South Dakota capitol.

By DOE Newswire Report | Feb 7, 2023
Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, questioned why the U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $200 million grant to a company with deep ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rather than an American company during a committee hearing on energy expansion.

By Commerce Newswire Report | Feb 7, 2023
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) said that China is now making attempts to outpace America in advanced communication technologies, specifically next-gen satellite tech in which they seek to embed their authoritarianism.