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January 6, 2025

WASHINGTON DC — On January 2, 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 urged Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo to impose strict redlines in a soon to be published ‘Export Control Framework for AI Diffusion.’ This framework would establish the protocols in which high-end U.S. technology used in Artificial Intelligence can be exported abroad.

 


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JM
January 6, 2025

WASHINGTON DC — On January 3, the House voted to renew the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party for the 119th Congress. Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) released the following statement:

 

“We welcome the Select Committee’s renewal for the 119th Congress. The Chinese Communist Party represents an unprecedented challenge to our economy, our national security, and our values, and we will continue to meet it with the urgency this moment demands. We are grateful to Speaker Johnson and Leader Jeffries for their continued support, and look forward to working with our colleagues and across administrations current and future to protect our nation.”

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A drone at sunset.
January 3, 2025

WASHINGTON DC — On January 2, the Department of Commerce issued a new rulemaking period to consider banning or imposing restrictions on drones made in China. The announcement follows the Select Committee's bipartisan inquiry in June, which called on the Commerce Department to utilize its authorities to protect U.S. national security from the surveillance threat posed these foreign adversary drones.

 


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IP theft
January 2, 2025

WASHINGTON DC — On December 24, 2024, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party joined Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) to introduce legislation that restricts U.S. investments that fuel the CCP’s military, technological development, or gross human rights abuses.

 


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AI
January 2, 2025

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 urged Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo to impose strict redlines in a soon to be published ‘Export Control Framework for AI Diffusion.’ This framework would establish the protocols in which high-end U.S. technology used in Artificial Intelligence can be exported abroad.

Issues: Critical Infrastructure/Cyber

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money
December 24, 2024

Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party joined Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) to introduce legislation that restricts U.S. investments that fuel the CCP’s military, technological development, or gross human rights abuses.

Issues: American Business

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Chinese Police
December 23, 2024

WASHINGTON DC — Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party made the following statement on Christmas and religious liberty in China:

 


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December 23, 2024

As the 118th Congress comes to a close, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, delivered remarks outlining the dedicated work of the Select Committee to combat the CCP threat to America over the past two years.

 


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floor
December 23, 2024

As the 118th Congress comes to a close, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, delivered remarks outlining the dedicated work of the Select Committee to combat the CCP threat to America over the past two years.


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JM
December 23, 2024

WASHINGTON D.C. — As the 118th Congress comes to a close, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, delivered remarks outlining the dedicated work of the Select Committee to combat the CCP threat to America over the past two years.

The Select Committee also released a set a fact sheets, highlighting key hearings, investigations, events, and legislation in the 118th Congress. (Read below)

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Fentanyl PWG
December 20, 2024

Welcome to The Select, a weekly newsletter on the work of the Congressional Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party led by Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI).

See below for this week's updates, the final edition for the 118th Congress!


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Internet of Things
December 20, 2024

Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party joined Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) and other bipartisan lawmakers to call on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to sponsor a federal prize competition in support of satellite technology that offers internet accessibility for repressed citizens of authoritarian nations like China or countries at war.

Issues: Critical Infrastructure/Cyber

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internet
December 20, 2024

WASHINGTON DC — Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) of the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party joined Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) and other bipartisan lawmakers to call on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to sponsor a federal prize competition in support of satellite technology that offers internet accessibility for repressed citizens of authoritarian nations like China or countries at war.

 


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December 19, 2024

WASHINGTON DC — Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party wrote to the U.S. International Trade Commission today, urging the commission to follow through on a ruling and bar a Chinese company, BOE Technology Group, from importing products to the United States. In November, the ITC found that BOE infringed on multiple U.S. patents, however the ITC is set to still permit BOE products in the United States, despite the company being guilty of flagrant Chinese Communist Party-sponsored IP theft.

 


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tiktok lies
December 18, 2024

WASHINGTON DC — Today, the Supreme Court announced that it would hear oral arguments on the law that requires a divestment of TikTok from foreign adversary control. Earlier this month, the DC Circuit Court ruled against TikTok's challenge in a unanimous decision, declaring, "The First Amendment exists to protect free speech in the United States. Here the government acted solely to protect that freedom from a foreign adversary nation and to limit that adversary's ability to gather data on people in the United States."

 

Following the Supreme Court's announcement, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party released the below statement:

 

Issues: TikTok

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December 17, 2024

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 joined Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), co-leads of the Committee’s Fentanyl Policy Working Group, to introduce bipartisan legislation that helps hold China responsible for the fentanyl crisis.

Issues: Biosecurity Critical Infrastructure/Cyber

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Fentanyl PWG
December 17, 2024

WATCH: Lawmakers on the Select Committee' Fentanyl Policy Working Group unveil new bipartisan legislation in the working group's last meeting of the 118th Congress.

 

 

Issues: Biosecurity

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Moolenaar
December 17, 2024

Chairman Rep. John Moolenaar's remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the final meeting of the Select Committee's Fentanyl Working Group. 

Click HERE to read the full remarks. 

Issues: Biosecurity Critical Infrastructure/Cyber

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cyber
December 16, 2024

Select Committee Chairman Rep. John Moolenaar and Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Mark Green authored a joint op-ed on the Chinese Communist Party cyber threat for Fox News.

Click HERE to read the full editorial. 

Issues: Critical Infrastructure/Cyber