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United States House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
September 5, 2025

Over the past two years, the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party and the Committee on Education and the Workforce’s (Committees) investigations revealed how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) exploits U.S. universities—and gains access to U.S. government-funded research—to fuel its military and technological rise. 

Issues: Research Security Critical Infrastructure/Cyber Defense

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September 3, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on China and Co-Chairman Chris Smith (R-NJ) of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) sent a 


September 2, 2025

September 2, 2025

The Honorable Marco Rubio
United States Secretary of State
Department of State
2201 C Street Northwest
Washington, D.C. 20520
 

Dear Secretary Rubio:


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August 26, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on China sent a letter urging U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to adopt a rolling technical threshold (RTT) approach to AI chip exports to China that provides a marginal improvement over the most advanced chips that China can domestically produce at scale.


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August 18, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar today called on local leaders in Montgomery County, Maryland, and Des Moines, Iowa, to end partnerships with organizations tied to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) that are using cultural and educational exchanges to target American youth.

In letters to Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich and Des Moines Mayor Connie Boesen, Chairman Moolenaar detailed how recent student trips to China, funded by CCP-affiliated organizations, serve as propaganda and influence operations rather than genuine cultural exchanges.


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August 14, 2025

In 2018, President Trump took a bold stand against the CCP’s economic warfare—imposing tariffs on hundreds of billions in Chinese goods. The result? Beijing made commitments it had never agreed to before. But as history shows, the CCP failed to keep its word. 

Today, President Trump is once again securing major trade and investment wins with our allies and partners. As negotiations with the CCP move forward, any Phase II deal must protect BOTH America’s economy and our national security.


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August 14, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Chairman John Moolenaar of the House Select Committee on the China and Senator Rick Scott sent a letter to Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Jeffrey Kessler thanking him for the administration’s efforts to protect American national security from adversaries the CCP that seek to destroy our way of life. 


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August 1, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI), Representative Zach Nunn (R-IA), and Representative Jill Tokuda (D-HI) of the House Select Committee on China introduced bipartisan legislation directing the Department of Defense to establish a formal partnership with Taiwan to enhance joint defense industrial capabilities and counter the rapidly growing threat of Chinese military tech.

The legislation is aimed at countering China's development of dual-use military tech by coordinating research and development and fostering joint partnerships between U.S. and Taiwanese defense companies. The focus would be on co-developing drones, microchips, directed-energy weapons, and missile systems.


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July 31, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on China, Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) of the Committee on Education and Workforce, and Representative Elise Stefanik (R-NY) sent a letter to Harvard University identifying alarming new evidence of Harvard's partnership with a Chinese Communist Party school, including a formal training program for Party members tagged for future leadership positions.

The committee learned from multiple whistleblowers that Harvard partners with a school controlled by the Central Organization Department of the Central Committee on the CCP, also known as the CCP Organization Department.

The CCP Organization Department is directly responsible for furthering Xi Jinping's authoritarian regime.


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July 31, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI), Congressional Executive Commission on China (CECC) Chairman Dan Sullivan (R-AK), and CECC Co-Chairman Chris Smith (R-NJ) introduced the Uyghur Genocide and Accountability Sanctions Act of 2025, bipartisan legislation holding the People's Republic of China (PRC) accountable for the ongoing genocide against the Uyghurs.

They were joined by CECC Commissioners Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Representative Tom Suozzi (D-NY) in introducing the bill.

The Uyghur Genocide and Accountability Sanctions Act would:


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July 30, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Representative Dusty Johnson (R-SD) of the House Select Committee on China re-introduced legislation to prohibit the Department of Transportation from using foreign adversary digital 3-D mapping technology, LiDAR. Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology creates 3-D maps with millimeter-level data of surrounding environments.


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July 25, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI), House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security Chairman Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), and Rep. Keith Self (R-TX) sent a letter to Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon, probing whether the subsea cable systems that each company maintains direct or indirect operational involvement with contain components produced, maintained, or repaired by entities affiliated with the People’s Republic of China (PRC), such as S.B.


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July 24, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the House Select Committee on China held a hearing titled "United We Stand: Strategies to Counter PRC Economic Coercion Against Democracies." Witnesses included The Honorable Scott Morrison, former Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia, and The Honorable Rahm Emanuel, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan.


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July 24, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on China sent subpoenas to JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon and Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan over their roles in underwriting the initial public offering of Chinese battery giant CATL.

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited, or CATL, is a key player in China’s military-civil fusion strategy—developing dual-use tech with both commercial and military applications. It has also been flagged by the Department of Defense for its close military ties.


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July 22, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on China sent a bipartisan letter to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth expressing strong support for the AUKUS partnership and calling for an unwavering commitment to it amid Beijing's growing military aggression.

“The People’s Republic of China’s rapid expansion of its nuclear, conventional, cyber, and space capabilities—many specifically designed to target the armed forces of the United States and our allies—threatens U.S. interests and jeopardizes the security of our partners," the letter writes. "AUKUS is essential to strengthening deterrence in the Indo-Pacific and advancing the undersea capabilities that will be central to ensuring peace and stability.”


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July 22, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Representative Debbie Dingell (D-MI) released a bipartisan statement supporting the Department of Commerce’s decision to investigate whether imports of polysilicon—a key material used in solar panels and microchips—pose a national security risk.


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July 22, 2025

"We will not allow China to use American chips to build the arsenal of authoritarianism."

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) delivered a speech at the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy addressing a pivotal issue: securing the technologies that will define the next century.

"Semiconductors, AI, quantum computing—these aren’t just economic assets. They’re the backbone of national security, diplomacy, and global power," asserted Moolenaar.


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July 19, 2025

Committee Action Taken to Win the Competition with China:


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July 18, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House Select Committee on China will hold a hearing titled “United We Stand: Strategies to Counter PRC Economic Coercion Against Democracies." The hearing will be held on Wednesday, July 23 at 10:00 A.M. in 210 Cannon House Office Building.

The witnesses for the hearing will be:

·     The Honorable Scott Morrison, former Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia

·     The Honorable Rahm Emanuel, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan 

When: Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 10:00 A.M.

Where: 210 Cannon House Office Building