Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee advanced export control legislation that will restrict the flow of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, crack down on chip smuggling, protect whistleblowers, and stop American AI models from being stolen.

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. 

Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China has introduced the Semiconductor Controls Adjusted to Limit Exports (SCALE) Act. The legislation would establish a clear standard for export controls on the sale of advanced semiconductors to China.

“The SCALE Act will help secure the future of America’s dominance in artificial intelligence by ensuring American companies never sell the best chips in the world to China. By grounding semiconductor export controls in objective metrics, we can ensure a level playing field for American business, while protecting national security as China races to catch up to us,” said Moolenaar.

Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China has sent a letter to the United States Heartland China Association requesting verifiable assurances that the organization is not acting as an unregistered agent of the People’s Republic o

Today, Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar delivered his opening statement at the Select Committee’s hearing titled “China’s Campaign to Steal America’s AI Edge.”  

As prepared for delivery.

"China’s smuggling of advanced AI chips is a pervasive threat facing law enforcement. In several cases over the past year, the Trump Administration disrupted multiple smuggling rings that sought to arm China with advanced American AI chips. 

Today, the Select Committee on China released a new investigation, Buy What It Can, Steal What It Must: China's Campaign to Acquire Frontier AI Capabilities, detailing how China uses legal and illegal means to build its own semiconductor p

Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar has sent a letter to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth concerning the operations of Airbus Space due to its role in likely providing satellite imagery of U.S.

The Select Committee on China supports recently announced changes at the Department of War (DoW) that will strengthen research security for federally-funded projects.

Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI), Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and leading UK lawmakers from the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC) have formally written to the 48 Group Club to demand transparency regarding the organization’s extensive ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its “United Front” influence operations. The letter targets the organization’s deep-rooted links to Beijing’s “United Front” influence operations.

Moolenaar and Merkley, who serve as U.S. co-chairs of IPAC, sent the letter with Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP (IPAC UK Co-Chair, former leader of the Conservative Party) and Sarah Champion MP (IPAC UK Member).

Today, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on China and Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) of the House Committee on Ways and Means called on Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) CEO Frank Bisignano to examine tax-exempt U.S.-based organizations with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and part of China’s United Front influence operations in the United States.

“The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is utilizing United Front organizations, proxies, and intermediaries within the United States—many granted tax-exempt status under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code—to engage in political activity that manipulates our democratic institutions and supports the interests of the CCP,” write Chairmen Moolenaar and Smith in a letter to Secretary Bessent and IRS CEO Bisignano.

Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China made the following statement on Easter and religious freedom in China:

Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China has cosponsored the Multilateral Alignment of Technology Controls on Hardware (MATCH) Act, a bipartisan bill that strengthens U.S. national security by closing critical gaps in export controls on semiconductor manufacturing equipment (SME). It was introduced by Congressman Michael Baumgartner (R-WA). While the United States has imposed extensive export controls to slow China’s semiconductor indigenization, U.S. allies have not fully matched these measures. This misalignment has left critical gaps that China continues to exploit.

Today, the Select Committee on China released a new investigation uncovering how China buys oil from Iran, Russia, and Venezuela – three countries that are sanctioned by the United States. The investigation, Crude Intentions: How China Became the Cle

Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee passed bipartisan legislation to curb the smuggling of American semiconductors to foreign adversaries. The Chip Security Act was introduced last year as a direct response to bipartisan concerns raised by the Select Committee on China in its report on Deepseek, which concluded the company used advanced chips produced by American semiconductor giant Nvidia that are restricted from export to the PRC to develop its AI model.