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. The United States stands with Taiwan and fellow democracies and will continue to work with partners to preserve Taiwan’s security and uphold a free, open, and stable Indo-Pacific.
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.
“The French government is effectively blocking the China Committee’s ability to obtain basic information about Airbus’ activities in China. Airbus plays an important role in the U.S. defense industrial base, and the U.S. government should have policies in place to ensure that its prime contractors are not directly or indirectly advancing China’s military-civilian fusion capabilities in the aerospace industry,” wrote Moolenaar.
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.
The report builds on the Select Committee’s original bipartisan Ten for Taiwan report, which concluded that central to the Committee’s mandate is deterring CCP military aggression against Taiwan. Since that report’s publication, developments instigated by the CCP have increased the risk of conflict over Taiwan, underscoring the need to deepen U.S.–Taiwan economic, defense, and political cooperation to maintain peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.
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.
“China fired a loaded gun with its rare earths rule in October, and while that threat was paused after President Trump met with General Secretary Xi Jinping, we must seize the opportunity to develop strategic reserves of critical minerals. The SPEED Act will help make that possible by cutting red tape, streamlining the permitting process, and making it easier to develop the resources the American people need every day,” said Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar.
WASHINGTON — Chairman John Moolenaar and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi today released Ten More for Taiwan, a bipartisan report of t
The Trump Administration has announced that it plans to sell more than $10 billion of U.S.
Today, the House Select Committee on China and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) released an investigative report revealing how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) exploits the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to gain access and divert American taxpayer-funded research and fuel its military and technological rise.
The House Select Committee on China and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) released an investigative report revealing how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) exploits the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to gain access and divert American taxpayer-funded research and fuel its military and technological rise.
Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar recently spoke with National Review in an interview about the committee’s work to combat reliance on Chinese critical minerals.
Select Committee Chairman John Moolenaar has sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick regarding Nvidia H200 artificial intelligence chips. In the letter, Moolenaar underscored that China remains far behind the United States in the AI race, particularly when measured by aggregate computing power. Huawei still lags significantly behind U.S. capabilities.
Jimmy Lai, the founder and ex-Chairman of Apple Daily, was found guilty of bogus charges brought by Hong Kong prosecutors in a verdict announced on Monday. The courageous 78-year old Hong Konger has been imprisoned for years on charges of sedition and collusion with foreign nations. The CCP-controlled Hong Kong court will sentence Lai next month.
Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China joined leaders from around the world in denouncing the verdict, signing on to a statement released by the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance of China (IPAC). Moolenaar is the U.S. co-chair of IPAC.
IPAC STATEMENT ON JIMMY LAI VERDICT
This weekend marks the beginning of Hanukkah, a holiday celebrated by Jews around the world. Sadly, Jews living in China will not be able to openly celebrate the eight nights of the celebration that starts on December 14 and ends on December 22.
“While Jewish people around the world will proudly light the menorah this month, Jews living in China will be forbidden by the government from practicing their religious faith freely. America proudly allows people of all faiths to worship as they choose, and our values must win in the competition between us and China. I wish Jews living in China a happy Hanukkah and hope that one day they can practice their religious faith freely,” said Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent highlighting that China has become the indispensable customer and operational hub for large-scale sanctions evasion involving Venezuelan and Iranian networks. The letter commends the Trump Administration’s decisive action against the oil tanker SKIPPER and urges Treasury to review and possibly sanction the Chinese-managed tanker LUOIS and its operators.
This week, Select Committee Chairman John Moolenaar delivered remarks at the Uyghur Genocide Resistance event, hosted by the Uyghur Human Rights Project alongside Campaign for Uyghurs, the Uyghur Academy, and partner organizations. Chairman Moolenaar honored the Abbases and all Uyghur advocates for their courage, condemned the Chinese Communist Party’s ongoing genocide, and reaffirmed the need to enforce the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act and hold the CCP accountable.
Chairman Moolenaar's remarks as prepared for delivery:
Good afternoon everyone,
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the Select Committee on China voted for the National Defense Authorization Act of 2026. The legislation included major Select Committee victories on outbound investment restrictions and the BIOSECURE Act.
Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the Select Committee on China sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio raising concerns about Ivanhoe Atlantic, a company with significant Chinese state-linked ownership that has received statements of support from the State Department for a multibillion-dollar rail project in Liberia. The project could possibly receive U.S. taxpayer funding from the federal government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation.
This week, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the Select Committee on China and Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) sent a letter to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins urging decisive action to aggressively enforce existing laws, request information on any legislative action needed to protect American investors from foreign malign influence, and remove Chinese companies from U.S. stock exchanges. This continues Moolenaar and Scott's push for the SEC to delist Chinese companies that pose serious national security and investor protection risks.
Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China issued the following statement on the inclusion of outbound investment restrictions and the BIOSECURE Act – two signature Select Committee bills – in the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act conference report:
“This legislation empowers President Trump to better protect our nation by restricting the flow of American capital to Chinese military companies and critical technology sectors. It closely mirrors the bipartisan COINS Act framework championed by the Select Committee in 2024 and the President’s America First Investment Policy from earlier this year. For too long, the hard-earned money of American retirees and investors has been used to build up China’s military and economy. This legislation will help bring that to an end.