More on CCP Internal Repression
Today on Capitol Hill, Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar met with Pastor Ezra Jin in celebration of his release from prison in China. Jin, founder of Zion Church, one of China's largest independent house churches, was detained in October 2025 amidst the Chinese Communist Party's crackdown on underground churches with nearly 30 other Zion Church pastors. On July 3, 2026, Jin was reunited with his family after spending 266 days in a Chinese prison.
Pastor Ezra Jin has been released by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and has reunited with his family in the United States. Jin was arrested by the CCP in October 2025 for leading Zion Church, a house church in China.
“By God's grace, Pastor Ezra Jin has been reunited with his family after being imprisoned for more than 250 days for the simple act of sharing his faith in Christ. Thank you to President Trump for calling for this during his meeting with Xi Jinping and thank you to his Administration for all the work it did to make this happen. The CCP should continue to release all prisoners of conscience so they can be reunited with their families and follow their faith without fear of persecution,” said Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China.
House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI), Select Committee Ranking Member Ro Khanna (D-CA), and Congresswoman Young Kim (R-CA) released a statement with multiple U.S. Senators, led by the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator Jim Risch (R-ID) and Ranking Member Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), condemning China's move:
The Chinese Communist Party's dystopian and deceptively-named "Ethnic Unity and Progress Law," is set to go into force on July 1.
“This law is an ugly escalation of the CCP’s cruelty and paranoia, and China plans to use it to continue its harassment and intimidation of critics who live beyond its borders. China will also use it to further perpetuate atrocities and to legitimize its abuse of Tibetans, Uyghurs, and other people of faith, as well as people it classifies as minority nationalities. This week as we celebrate the 250th anniversary of our independence, the CCP is going backwards and showing once again it does not believe in the God-given rights we enjoy. The true national unity the CCP seeks comes not from oppression, but from citizens freely living and worshipping as they please,” said Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China.
WASHINGTON DC — Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party made the following statement on Christmas and religious liberty in China:
WASHINGTON DC — Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party joined Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) and other bipartisan lawmakers to call on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to sponsor a federal prize competition in support of satellite technology that offers internet accessibility for repressed citizens of authoritarian nations like China or countries at war.
Chairman Moolenaar delivered remarks at an forum hosted by the Campaign for Uyghurs titled: "Uyghur Genocide: Defending Rights, Identity, and Culture.
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WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) today released the statement below following the sentencing of 45 Hong Kong activists to up to ten years in prison and the resumption
This week, a bipartisan group of legislators urged Secretary of State Blinken to issue a report on prison conditions in Hong Kong and take additional diplomatic steps to address reported instances of torture and mistreatment of political prisoners.