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The Select Committee on China secured critical national security policies in funding legislation passed by the House of Representatives on Thursday. The legislation, which funded the Departments of Commerce, Justice, Interior, as well as related federal agencies including NASA, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the EPA, contained policies Select Committee Chairman John Moolenaar supported as a member of the House Appropriations Committee. These provisions reflect the Select Committee’s ongoing work to close dangerous loopholes that have allowed the CCP to exploit U.S.
Select Committee Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) made the following statement on Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) stepping down as ranking member of the Select Committee and being succeeded by Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA):
The Department of Education has released a new online portal where the American people can see how much foreign money is being given to American universities.
Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar made the following statement on the arrest of Venezuelan cartel leader Nicolas Maduro and China’s influence in the Western Hemisphere:
As the world turns toward a new year, the People’s Liberation Army’s live-fire military exercises around Taiwan represent a deliberate escalation by Beijing. These drills are intended to intimidate Taiwan and other democracies in the region and to undermine peace and stability across the Indo-Pacific. By rehearsing coercive military scenarios and projecting force beyond its borders, the Chinese Communist Party is seeking to reshape the regional order through aggression and intimidation.
Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar has sent a letter to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth concerning Airbus’s operations in China and the French government's role in impeding the Committee’s investigation.
House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI), U.S. Senator Rick Scott (R-FL), House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rick Crawford (R-AR) led Members of Congress in asking the Pentagon to list Deepseek, Gotion, Unitree, Wuxi, and 13 other companies as Chinese military companies. Adding those companies to the Pentagon’s 1260H list would make it clear that those companies work with the Chinese military and that Department of Defense should not contract with them.
Today, the House passed permitting reform legislation that will expedite America’s development of natural resources and critical minerals. The Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act (SPEED) would reform the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and require federal courts to resolve challenges brought under NEPA within 180 days.
The Trump Administration has announced that it plans to sell more than $10 billion of U.S.