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WASHINGTON, D.C.- This afternoon, the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party's Critical Minerals Policy Working Group, led by Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) and Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL), held its third meeting to examine the intersection of forced labor and sustainability in the mining of critical minerals. The roundtable explored policies aimed at reducing dependence on entities involved in forced labor violations around the world and highlighted opportunities for the U.S. and its allies to collaborate on addressing forced labor issues.
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party held a hearing this morning titled "The Great Firewall and the CCP's Export of its Techno-Authoritarian Surveillance State." Witnesses included Mr. Nat Kretchun, Senior Vice President for Programs at the Open Technology Fund, Dr. Zack Cooper, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and Mr. Xiao Qiang, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the China Digital Times.
WASHINGTON D.C. -- Today, the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party is holding a hearing titled "The Great Firewall and the CCP’s Export of its Techno-Authoritarian Surveillance State."
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- In an op-ed published by Newsweek, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) urges Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping to remove authoritarian barriers to the internet in China.
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- In a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party call for sanctions on 28 members of Hong Kong’s government who are responsible for the deterioration of human rights and persecution of pro-democracy protestors amid the CCP’s takeover of Hong Kong.
WASHINGTON D.C. -- Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) sent a letter to National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, requesting an assessment of the information that Russia has shared with the PRC regarding U.S. weapons capabilities and those of our partners and allies.
WASHINGTON D.C. -- Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party and Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs requested a classified briefing from the Biden administration as the chairmen remain concerned that without robust protections, sensitive U.S.-origin technology transferred as part of the Microsoft-G42 partnership could end up the CCP’s hands.
WASHINGTON, D.C.- This afternoon, the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party's Critical Minerals Policy Working Group, led by Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) and Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL), held its second meeting to discuss the United States’ heavy reliance on Chinese imports of critical minerals, working with our allies to create alternative supplies of these minerals, and policy solutions to incentivize this shift.