Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China has sent a letter to Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent urging him to add biotechnology as a prohibited technology under the Comprehensive Outbound Investment National Security (COINS) Act of 2025. The request comes in response to a dangerous surge of American capital and knowledge into China’s biotechnology sector, including Bristol Myers Squibb’s recently announced $15 billion deal with China’s Hengrui Pharma that also transfers intellectual property to China.
Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China, Chairman Bill Cassidy of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Chairman Tim Walberg of the House Education and Workforce Committee, and Senator Jim Banks raised serious concerns following a new U.S.
The Select Committee on China supports the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) swift and decisive action to strengthen safeguards for the Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support (ACCESS) program that provides researchers with supercomputing resources and data services. After engagement with the Select Committee, NSF identified a number of ineligible users within the ACCESS system and immediately terminated those accounts, reinforcing the integrity of U.S. taxpayer-funded research infrastructure.
Today, House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY) announced a joint investigation into the national security and cybersecurity risks posed by the growing adoption of Chinese-developed artificial intelligence models, including low-cost, open-weight, and API-accessible systems developed by Chinese companies such as DeepSeek, Alibaba, Moonshot AI, and MiniMax.
Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China is urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to pursue diplomatic engagement with the Dutch government to close a major loophole in the sale of advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment to China. In his letter, Moolenaar highlighted recent reporting that the Dutch toolmaker ASML plans to begin shipments of certain advanced lithography systems to China by the end of 2026.
Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar has sent letters to President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio urging them to advocate for the release of Chinese dissidents and sanction key Hong Kong officials.
In the letter to Trump, Moolenaar advocated for the release of China's prisoners of conscience—those jailed for their defense of human rights and religious freedom.
Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar has sent a letter to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth concerning the operations of French aerospace company Safran in China and the French government's role in impeding the Select Committee’s investigation into aerospace industry activities in China.