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A bag of brightly colored pills.
July 24, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C.- This afternoon, the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party's Fentanyl Policy Working Group, led by Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) and Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), held its third meeting to discuss how the United States can counteract People's Republic of China (PRC) money laundering and illicit finance, which facilitates the flow of fentanyl and fentanyl precursors to the United States.


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Jm hearing
July 23, 2024

WASHINGTON D.C. -- Today, the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party is holding a hearing titled "The Great Firewall and the CCP’s Export of its Techno-Authoritarian Surveillance State."

Issues: CCP Internal Repression Critical Infrastructure/Cyber

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An open-pit mine.
July 23, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C.- This afternoon, the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party's Critical Minerals Policy Working Group, led by Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) and Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL), held its third meeting to examine the intersection of forced labor and sustainability in the mining of critical minerals. The roundtable explored policies aimed at reducing dependence on entities involved in forced labor violations around the world and highlighted opportunities for the U.S. and its allies to collaborate on addressing forced labor issues.

Issues: American Business CCP Economic Aggression Critical Infrastructure/Cyber

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CM cover
July 23, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C.-  This afternoon, the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party's Critical Minerals Policy Working Group, led by Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA) and Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL), held its third meeting to examine the intersection of forced labor and sustainability in the mining of critical minerals. The roundtable explored policies aimed at reducing dependence on entities involved in forced labor violations around the world and highlighted opportunities for the U.S. and its allies to collaborate on addressing forced labor issues.


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Hearing cover.
July 23, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C.- The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party held a hearing this morning titled "The Great Firewall and the CCP's Export of its Techno-Authoritarian Surveillance State." Witnesses included Mr. Nat Kretchun, Senior Vice President for Programs at the Open Technology Fund, Dr. Zack Cooper, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and Mr. Xiao Qiang, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the China Digital Times.

 

 


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JM hearing
July 23, 2024

WASHINGTON D.C. -- Today, the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party is holding a hearing titled "The Great Firewall and the CCP’s Export of its Techno-Authoritarian Surveillance State."


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The Great Wall of China overlaid with binary code.
July 22, 2024

"When General Secretary Xi Jinping was in San Francisco last fall, he declared that America and China "must not erect barriers" between one another. He can be true to his word by tearing down the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) Great Firewall.

Issues: CCP Internal Repression CCP International Influence Critical Infrastructure/Cyber

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The Great Wall of China overlaid with binary code.
July 22, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C.-- In an op-ed published by Newsweek, Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) urges Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping to remove authoritarian barriers to the internet in China. Tomorrow morning, the Select Committee will host a hearing titled, "The Great Firewall and the CCP’s Export of its Techno-Authoritarian Surveillance State."


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NSL
July 17, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C.-- In a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, 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 call for sanctions on 28 members of Hong Kong’s government who are responsible for the deterioration of human rights and persecution of pro-democracy protestors amid the CCP’s takeover of Hong Kong.

Issues: CCP Internal Repression

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hong kong
July 17, 2024

WASHINGTON, D.C.-- In a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, 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 call for sanctions on 28 members of Hong Kong’s government who are responsible for the deterioration of human rights and persecution of pro-democracy protestors amid the CCP’s takeover of Hong Kong.

Congressional-Executive Commission on China Chair Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Co-Chair Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) also joined the call for sanctions. 


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July 16, 2024

WASHINGTON D.C. -- The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party will hold a hearing titled "The Great Firewall and the CCP’s Export of its Techno-Authoritarian Surveillance State" on Tuesday 7/23 at 9:30 a.m., E.T. in room HVC-210 of the U.S. Capitol Building. 

The witnesses for the hearing will be: 

Issues: CCP Internal Repression Critical Infrastructure/Cyber

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Putin and Xi
July 15, 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 (CCP) sent a letter to National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, requesting an assessment of the information that Russia has shared with the PRC regarding U.S. weapons capabilities and those of our partners and allies. 

Issues: CCP International Influence Defense

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xi and Putin
July 15, 2024

WASHINGTON D.C. -- 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 (CCP) sent a letter to National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, requesting an assessment of the information that Russia has shared with the PRC regarding U.S. weapons capabilities and those of our partners and allies. 

In the letter, the Chairman and Ranking Member write, “As you stated on July 9, we should not expect that foreign adversaries, such as the PRC, ‘are supporting Russia for free.’ Rather, we should anticipate and indeed operate under the assumption that Russia is passing information about vulnerabilities or counters to American and allied weapons systems to the PRC in support of its ‘no limits’ partnership.”

Issues: Defense

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G42
July 15, 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 last week's updates.

 

Moolenaar, McCaul Request Intelligence Assessment on Microsoft's Billion Dollar Partnership with UAE Firm G42, Underscore Risks

 


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July 11, 2024

Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party and Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs requested a classified briefing from the Biden administration as the chairmen remain concerned that without robust protections, sensitive U.S.-origin technology transferred as part of the Microsoft-G42 partnership could end up the CCP’s hands.

Issues: American Business Critical Infrastructure/Cyber

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IP theft
July 11, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC – In a mark up today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee passed the Protecting American Innovation and Development (PAID) Act (


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G42
July 11, 2024

WASHINGTON D.C. -- Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party and Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs requested a classified briefing from the Biden administration as the chairmen remain concerned that without robust protections, sensitive U.S.-origin technology transferred as part of the Microsoft-G42 partnership could end up the CCP’s hands.

 

Issues: American Business CCP International Influence Critical Infrastructure/Cyber