Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China and Senator Jim Banks (R-IN) today introduced the Securing Innovation and Research from Adversaries Act, legislation aimed at safeguarding federally funded research from exploitation by China and other foreign adversaries.

“The Trump Administration and the Department of War have made significant improvements to our nation’s research security, and this legislation turns their executive actions into law,” said Moolenaar. “We must protect taxpayer-funded research from ever benefiting our adversaries. Departments across the government and our universities must step up and make sure they are not working with Chinese researchers on dual-use technologies that could one day be used against our country.”

Today, Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China released a new report examining NASA’s research security compliance and its enforcement of the Wolf Amendment, which prohibits NASA-funded bilateral research and activities with China without specific authorization from Congress and the FBI. 

Today, the House of Representatives passed a bipartisan resolution calling on President Trump to prioritize the release of prisoners of conscience unjustly detained by the Chinese Communist Party in future engagements with Xi Jinping. The resolution, which was introduced by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) was cosponsored and supported by Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar.

This week, Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China discussed U.S.-China relations at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington D.C. in a conversation with John Murphy, the head of the Chamber’s international division. Moolenaar talked about the dangerous operating environment for American businesses in China and underscored there is momentum in Congress to take on the Communist regime's predatory practices.

On China’s support for Iran against the United States: “China portrays itself as a neutral broker of peace but it is very much enabling this conflict. The Trump Administration comes in from a position of strength” because China relies on energy coming through the Strait of Hormuz.

Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar is leading a bipartisan push to reaffirm Congress’s longstanding commitment to Taiwan, underscoring his continued leadership in strengthening U.S.-Taiwan relations at a pivotal moment for Indo-Pacific security. Joined by Select Committee Ranking Member Ro Khanna and Select Committee member Congresswoman Jill Tokuda, Chairman Moolenaar is championing a resolution that reinforces the foundational principles of U.S.-Taiwan policy.

This week, Arcadia, California Mayor Eileen Wang was charged by the Department of Justice with acting as an illegal agent of China.

This week, Chairman John Moolenaar of the House Select Committee on China reiterated his strong support for the release of political prisoners in China and Hong Kong, leading bipartisan and international calls urging President Donald Trump to elevate human rights in his meetings with Xi Jinping.

Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) have introduced the Connected Vehicle Security Act. The legislation would prohibit the importation, manufacture, and sale of connected vehicles, software, and hardware linked to China.

This weekend, The New York Times reported on a Chinese espionage effort that targeted the staff of the Select Committee on China.

Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China and Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (D-MI) announced today they plan to introduce bipartisan legislation to ban Chinese vehicles from U.S. roads.

“Every vehicle on American roads is a rolling data collection device, capturing information on location, movement, people, and infrastructure in real time, and we cannot allow Chinese vehicles or components to be a part of that system," said the lawmakers. "The legislation we introduce will show bipartisan support for doing what must be done to protect the manufacturing sector, jobs, and the American people from China’s predatory trade practices and manipulative attacks on American industry.”

Today, Select Committee on China Chairman John Moolenaar introduced the Protecting U.S. Farmland and Sensitive Sites from Foreign Adversaries Act. This legislation takes decisive action to safeguard U.S. national security and food security by closing gaps in federal oversight of foreign land acquisitions. For too long, foreign adversaries like China have been able to purchase American farmland and real estate near sensitive national security sites with limited scrutiny, and in many cases none at all. These purchases pose risks to critical infrastructure, military readiness, and the resilience of the U.S. food supply.

The Select Committee on China supports the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) swift and decisive action to strengthen safeguards for the Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support (ACCESS) program that provides researchers with supercomputing resources and data services. After engagement with the Select Committee, NSF identified a number of ineligible users within the ACCESS system and immediately terminated those accounts, reinforcing the integrity of U.S. taxpayer-funded research infrastructure. 

The Select Committee on China’s three-part investigative report on China’s global mining practices – China’s Minerals Mafia: A Global Pattern of Corruption, Environmental Destruction, and Human Rights Abuse – reports on widespread exploitation and abuse in Zimbabwe’s lithium sector which is now largely controlled by Chinese companies.

China is destroying the planet and leaving behind a trail of corruption and human rights abuses in its quest to dominate critical minerals. That is the conclusion of the Select Committee’s new three-part report documenting 14 cases of Chinese mining companies – under the control of the Chinese Communist Party – engaging in “corrupt, illegal, and abusive practices in countries around the world…including exploitation of weak and indebted governments, corrupt and predatory business practices, the use of forced and child labor, [and] environmental destruction.” 

Chairman John Moolenaar of the Select Committee on China made the following statement after China threatened economic retaliation against the European Union for its plans to ban Chinese telecommunications