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March 10, 2026

Today, Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar sent a letter to the National Science Foundation (NSF) demanding it pause funding and conduct an investigation into the research security practices of the University of Washingt


March 6, 2026

Today, Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Ranking Member Ro Khanna (D-CA) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr urging them to take action against Futurewei Technologies, Inc. The company, which presents itself as an American company, is in fact controlled by Huawei, a Chinese military company repeatedly sanctioned for undermining U.S. national security.


March 5, 2026

Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China made the following statement on reports that British authorities have arrested three people with connections to Parliament for spying for China:


March 5, 2026

Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent highlighting the dangers of Chinese investment in critical U.S. industries. The letter reaffirms congressional support for President Trump’s America First Investment Policy and warns against granting China expanded market access as it weaponizes supply chains and subsidizes Chinese companies.

“Expanding market access or investment opportunities for Chinese firms in critical manufacturing sectors in the United States should be subject to heightened scrutiny... It would reward firms whose state-backed advantages have caused profound damage to American industry and workers,” says Moolenaar in the letter to Bessent.


March 5, 2026

Today, Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI), House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast (R-FL), and House Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) sent a letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio asking him to designate the Chinese Students and Scholars Association as a foreign mission of China’s government. This designation would require CSSA chapters to provide advance notice to the State Department of any meetings they have with local governments and universities. It would also require them to have prior approval from the department for public events in the U.S.


March 3, 2026

Today, the House of Representatives passed legislation that requires the Department of Labor to train its employees on effectively assisting law enforcement in preventing human trafficking.

"China makes billions of dollars from human trafficking and forces hundreds of thousands of people into imprisonment and labor camps. The Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act is a strong step forward in ensuring that our law enforcement officials have the training they need to fight this horrific practice and stop human trafficking," said Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China.


February 28, 2026

Today, the United States and Israel launched military operations against Iran. Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China made the following statement:

“Iran is led by a terrorist regime that has been enabled by Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party in threatening America’s national security interests. I commend President Trump for his decisive leadership. I pray for the brave members of the United States Armed Forces, and that God will protect them as they carry out this critical mission.”


February 26, 2026

Today, the Select Committee on China released a new investigation uncovering how China is using infrastructure in Latin America to advance its space capabilities and intelligence collection.


February 26, 2026

Today, a Hong Kong court overturned fraud charges against Apple Daily publisher and Hong Kong pro-democracy leader Jimmy Lai. Lai still remains in prison on charges brought by the CCP under its national security law.


February 26, 2026

Today, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on China and other Congressional national security leaders are urging the Treasury Department to take additional action to implement the Comprehensive Outbound Investment National Security (COINS) Act and ensure American capital and expertise do not strengthen the Chinese Communist Party’s military industrial base.

“The OISP and the COINS Act have been critical steps toward ensuring that American capital does not finance the military modernization of our foremost strategic competitor,” wrote Chairman Moolenaar and the lawmakers in their letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. “However, more must be done to ensure the United States does not fund capabilities that threaten our national security, economic strength, and technological leadership.”


February 26, 2026

Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China has released the following statement on the Department of Justice bringing charges against former United States Air Force officer Gerald Brown, who was 


February 24, 2026

This morning, media reported that China is planning to sell supersonic anti-ship missiles to Iran. The missiles would increase Iran’s ability to target U.S. ships. 


February 23, 2026

Today, the departments of Education and State established a partnership to increase the transparency of foreign gifts made to American universities and identify possible threats.

“China has given more than $6 billion to American universities as it seeks to infiltrate our campuses, promote its authoritarian agenda, and gain access to taxpayer-funded research,” said Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China. “This new partnership is another example of how the Trump Administration is seriously challenging the threats from China and demanding more accountability from academic leaders who have allowed their campuses to be havens for China’s espionage efforts.”


February 20, 2026

Today, the Supreme Court announced its decision in legal challenges to the Trump administration’s use of emergency authorities to impose tariffs, striking down tariffs implemented under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.


February 19, 2026

Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China and Chairman Chuck Grassley of the Senate Judiciary Committee sent letters to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and FBI Director Kash Patel alerting them to CCP-linked research funded by American taxpayers.

"We write to you concerning our oversight efforts relating to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) influence over our nation’s universities and other research institutions. It is well established that our university systems serve as soft targets in China’s quest to acquire U.S. knowledge, research, and intellectual property, which is often funded by our taxpayers," the lawmakers begin.


February 13, 2026

Today, Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China released the following statement on the new U.S.-Taiwan trade deal negotiated by the Trump Administration.


February 13, 2026

China has convicted Kwok Yin-sang, the father of Hong Kong dissident Anna Kwok, under a new national security law.

“The CCP’s prosecution of a dissident's father in an attempt to pressure his daughter is reprehensible. This is blatant transnational repression that is meant to intimidate and bully a courageous woman who spoke out against the CCP’s tyranny. I stand with the Kwok family and all of the dissidents in Hong Kong who are working for freedom and liberty,” said Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China.

Anna Kwok is a pro-democracy leader from Hong Kong who lives in exile from the Chinese government. In 2023, the government put a bounty of one million Hong Kong dollars on Kwok for her arrest.


February 11, 2026

Today, Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China voted for legislation that requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to assess critical energy resource supply chains and address overreliance on adversarial nations, such as China.


February 11, 2026

Today, Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China released the following statement regarding Secretary Brooke Rollins and Secretary Pete Hegseth announcing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Pentagon